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Pranksters : making mischief in the modern world /
From Benjamin Franklin's newspaper hoax that faked the death of his rival to Abbie Hoffman's attempt to levitate the Pentagon, pranksters, hoaxers, and con artists have caused confusion, disorder, and laughter in Western society for centuries. Profiling the most notorious mischief makers f...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
Ã2014.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. This Is the Dawning of the Age of Enlightenment ... and Pranks
- 2. Con Artists and Consumer Culture
- 3. Spirits in the Material World
- 4. Meet the Illuminati
- 5. The Golden Age of Newspaper Hoaxes
- 6. Political Pranksters
- 7. Prank Blowback
- 8. A Satanic Panic
- 9. Showbiz Tricksters and the Pop Underground
- 10. An Education in Pranks
- Conclusion: Reflections of a Prankster
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- About the Author.