American Hysteria - The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States

Informationen zum Autor By Andrew Burt Klappentext 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 1790s to McCarthyism in the 1950s 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 periods of deep uncertainty about American identity, and that when Americans lose their sense of who they are, they lash out against perceived threats with blacklists, scapegoating, conspiracies, cover-ups and more. By exploring the infamous and sometimes forgotten movements and characters of our nation’s past, this fascinating book provides a unique view into America’s history, its identity, and ultimately its future. Zusammenfassung The American story of blacklists! scapegoating! conspiracies! and cover-ups that have taken over national politics throughout our history when the mainstream has adopted extremist fear that secret networks-from the Illuminati and Freemasons to Communists and Muslim terrorists-have infiltrated society and threatened destruction from within.

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By Andrew Burt

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Burt, Burt Andrew
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.07.2015
• EAN: 9781493003341
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-0334-1
• Pages: 240
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Théories politiques et histoire des idées; USA, Trump, Donald Trump, 9/11, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, 20th Century, Da vinci code, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, McCarthy, United States of America, USA, Fear, History of the Americas, Political activism / Political engagement, mccarthyism, free masons, red scare, masons, masonic, blacklists, jedidiah morse