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False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegel, Marc
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2005]
Subjects:
Fear > Social aspects.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Security (Psychology)
Social control.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The fear epidemic
  • Contemporary fear
  • Mechanisms of fear
  • The politics of danger
  • Fear of death
  • Disasters : real or imagined
  • The topography of worry
  • Profiting from fear
  • Anthrax
  • West Nile virus, smallpox, chemical weapons
  • SARS
  • Human flu
  • Mad cow, bird flu
  • The fear counselor
  • Treating fear.