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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464037503321

Autore

Burt Andrew <1985->

Titolo

American hysteria : the untold story of mass political extremism in the United States / / Andrew Burt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2015

[Place of distribution not identified] : , : National Book Network, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2015

ISBN

1-4930-5002-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

320.0973

Soggetti

Hysteria - Political aspects - United States - History

Fear - Political aspects - United States - History

Collective behavior - Political aspects - United States - History

Radicalism - United States - History

Political culture - United States - History

Secret societies - Political aspects - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; CHAPTER 1: Defining Hysteria; CHAPTER 2: America's First Time; CHAPTER 3: The Anti-Masons; CHAPTER 4: The Red Scare; CHAPTER 5: The Dawning of McCarthyism; CHAPTER 6: The United States after 9/11; CHAPTER 7: The Way Forward; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This debut book from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and turning fringe politics mainstream. American Hysteria puts readers at the center of the nation's most prominent periods of political extremism, from the Anti-Illuminati movement of the 1790's to McCarthyism in the 1950's to the Anti-Sharia movement of today. Both a deep dive into American history and a riveting narrative account, this is book is as much history lesson as it is drama.  



Burt argues that political hysteria arises in period