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Author Feldman, Jay, 1943-

Title Manufacturing hysteria : scapegoating, surveillance, and secrecy in modern America / Jay Feldman.

Publication Info. New York : Pantheon Books, [2011]
©2011

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.49 FELDMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.49 F33    Check Shelf
Description xix, 378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue : against the wall -- The fine gold of untainted Americanism -- A democracy gone mad -- The heel of the government -- A peculiar sort of mental hysteria -- The gravest menace to the country -- A skimming of the great American melting-pot -- A lawless government -- Grave abuses and unnecessary hardships -- The utmost degree of secrecy -- A Jap is a Jap -- Scare hell out of the country -- A neurotic nightmare -- There were many wrecked lives -- There are no rules -- We never gave it a thought -- Epilogue : an aggressive assault on civil liberties.
Subject Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Dissenters -- United States -- History.
Marginality, Social -- United States -- History.
Hysteria (Social psychology)
ISBN 9780375425349
0375425349
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