Panic is not a single state with only one set of feelings and predictable emotions. The essays and articles in this book span various disciplines psychology, medicine, literature, and history tied together by the common thread of panic, including how it is manifested in culture,…
Panic is not a single state with only one set of feelings and predictable emotions. The essays and articles in this book span various disciplines psychology, medicine, literature, and history tied together by the common thread of panic, including how it is manifested in culture,…
Most of this book concerns fear and anxiety induced by identifiable cues. Because they are so phobialike, taste aversions, fainting at the sight of blood, and obsessive-compulsive syndromes are included even though they may be accompanied by the experience of nausea or distaste …
Most of this book concerns fear and anxiety induced by identifiable cues. Because they are so phobialike, taste aversions, fainting at the sight of blood, and obsessive-compulsive syndromes are included even though they may be accompanied by the experience of nausea or distaste …
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them
It might be possible to view Mnookin's book as the final nail in the coffin for the contemporary antivaccine movement, given its recent scientific and legal setbacks. But Mnookin's own conclusions would likely deny this; as several reviewers approvingly observed, The Panic Virus…
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them. In this searching exposé, the recent hysteria over childhood vaccinations and their alleged link to autism becomes a cautionary tale …
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them. In this searching exposé, the recent hysteria over childhood vaccinations and their alleged link to autism becomes a cautionary tale …
The spotted pimple of death -- Milkmaid envy and a fear of modernity --The polio vaccine : from medical miracle to public health catastrophe -- Fluoride scares and swine flu scandals -- "Vaccine roulette"--Autism's evoloving identities -- Help! there are fibers growing out of my…
A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific evidence to support them. In this searching exposé, the recent hysteria over childhood vaccinations and their alleged link to autism becomes a cautionary tale …
"Empires of Panic" is the first book to explore how panics have been historically produced, defined, and managed across different colonial, imperial, and post-imperial settings--from early nineteenth-century East Asia to twenty-first-century America. Contributors consider panic …
Empires of panic: epidemics and colonial anxieties
"'Empires of Panic' is the first book to explore how panics have been historically produced, defined, and managed across different colonial, imperial, and post-imperial settings-from early nineteenth-century East Asia to twenty-first-century America. Contributors consider panic …
