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DescriptionThis eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By creating a typology of such behavior, past and present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer insights into how these sometimes dangerous mob responses can be avoided. Author descriptionRobert E. Bartholomew is the author of twelve previous books, most recently "Mass Hysteria in Schools" (with Robert Rickard), and more than sixty articles in professional journals, including the "British Medical Journal" and the "International Journal of Social Psychiatry." He has been interviewed in the "New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, USA Today," the "Wall Street Journal," and on the History and Discovery channels. He is featured in an eight-part National Geographic series on UFOs. Bartholomew holds a PhD in medical sociology. Peter Hassall is a researcher, writer, stuntman, and fight choreographer. He is the author of "The NZ Files: UFOs in New Zealand" and he has contributed a chapter to "The Martians Have Landed! A History of Media Hoaxes and Panics" by Robert E. Bartholomew and Benjamin Radford. |