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The Invasion from Mars /

Hadley Cantril's study was launched immediately after the broadcast to give an account of people's reactions and an answer to the question, Why the panic? Originally published by Princeton University Press in 1940, the book explores the latent anxieties that lead to mass hysteria.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Cantril, Hadley, 1906-1969 (Autor), Herzog, Herta (Autor), Gaudet, Hazel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface (1966)
  • Preface (1940)
  • "Incredible as it may seem" : the broadcast / script by Howard Koch
  • "It was something terrible" : the nature and extent of the panic
  • "It didn't sound like a play" : how the stimulus was experienced
  • "We'd better do something" : description of reactions
  • "I figured" : critical ability
  • "I'm so worried" : conditions inhibiting critical ability
  • "Being in a troublesome world" : the historical setting
  • "My background" : the individual case
  • "Jitters have come to roost" : why the panic?
  • Appendix A. Miscellaneous information
  • Appendix B. Interview schedule
  • Appendix C. Tables
  • Index.