False alarm :
Siegel, Marc
False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear / Marc Siegel. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005. - ix, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.
Introduction : the fear epidemic -- Why are we so afraid? -- It works for animals but not for us -- Our culture of worry -- Playing politics with fear -- Disasters : real or imagined -- Finding things to worry about -- Profiting from fear -- Anthrax -- Insects, pox, and lethal gas -- SARS -- Flu -- Cows, birds, and humans -- The fear prophets -- Is there a cure for fear?.
0471678694 (cloth)
Fear--Social aspects.
Epidemics--Social aspects.
Security (Psychology)
Social control.
302.17 / SIF 2005
False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear / Marc Siegel. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005. - ix, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and index.
Introduction : the fear epidemic -- Why are we so afraid? -- It works for animals but not for us -- Our culture of worry -- Playing politics with fear -- Disasters : real or imagined -- Finding things to worry about -- Profiting from fear -- Anthrax -- Insects, pox, and lethal gas -- SARS -- Flu -- Cows, birds, and humans -- The fear prophets -- Is there a cure for fear?.
0471678694 (cloth)
Fear--Social aspects.
Epidemics--Social aspects.
Security (Psychology)
Social control.
302.17 / SIF 2005