LEADER 03181nam  2200649 a 450 
001 9910814039603321
005 20241207110029.0
010   $a9781421406510
010   $a1421406519
035   $a(CKB)3170000000046498
035   $a(EBL)3318596
035   $a(OCoLC)823655162
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000676192
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)11464425
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676192
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10676773
035   $a(PQKB)10977171
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318596
035   $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16052
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318596
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10611254
035   $a(ODN)ODN0001316757
035   $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046498
100   $a20111027d2012      uy         0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 14$aThe truth machine $ea social history of the lie detector /$fGeoffrey C. Bunn
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
225 0 $aJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology.
225  0$aJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311 08$a9781421405308 
311 08$a142140530X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Contents; Introduction: Plotting the Hyperbola of Deception; Chapter 1 "A thieves' quarter, a devil's den": The Birth of Criminal Man; Chapter 2 "A vast plain under a flaming sky": The Emergence of Criminology; Chapter 3 "Supposing that Truth is a woman-what then?": The Enigma of Female Criminality; Chapter 4 "Fearful errors lurk in our nuptial couches": The Critique of Criminal Anthropology; Chapter 5 "To Classify and Analyze Emotional Persons": The Mistake of the Machines; Chapter 6 "Some of the darndest lies you ever heard": Who Invented the Lie Detector?
327   $aChapter 7 "A trick of burlesque employed . . . against dishonesty": The Quest for Euphoric SecurityChapter 8 "A bally hoo side show at the fair": The Spectacular Power of Expertise; Conclusion: The Hazards of the Will to Truth; Acknowledgments; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
330   $aHe examines how the machine emerged as a technology of truth, transporting readers back to the obscure origins of criminology itself, ultimately concluding that the lie detector owes as much to popular culture as it does to factual science.
410  0$aJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
606   $aLie detectors and detection$xHistory
606   $aLie detectors and detection$zUnited States$xHistory
615  0$aLie detectors and detection$xHistory.
615  0$aLie detectors and detection$xHistory.
676   $a363.25/4
686   $aHIS054000$aSOC004000$aTEC056000$2bisacsh
700   $aBunn$b G. C$g(Geoffrey C.)$01713709
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910814039603321
996   $aThe truth machine$94106897
997   $aUNINA