The Invasion from Mars / / Hadley Cantril.
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.Originall...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1982 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface (1966)
- Preface (1940)
- I. "Incredible as it may seem" THE BROADCAST (Script by Howard Koch)
- II. "It was something terrible" THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PANIC
- III. "It didn't sound like a play" HOW THE STIMULUS WAS EXPERIENCED
- IV. " We'd better do something" DESCRIPTION OF REACTIONS
- V. "I figured" CRITICAL ABILITY
- VI. "I'm so worried" CONDITIONS INHIBITING CRITICAL ABILITY
- VII. "Being in a troublesome world" THE HISTORICAL SETTING
- VIII. "My background" THE INDIVIDUAL CASE
- IX. "Jitters have come to roost" WHY THE PANIC?
- Appendix A. Miscellaneous information
- Appendix B. Interview schedule
- Appendix C. Tables
- Index