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Manufacturing hysteria : a history of scapegoating, surveillance, and secrecy in modern America / Jay Feldman.

By: Publication details: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 378 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780375425349 :
  • 0375425349 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC599.U5 F415 2011
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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-453) and index.

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.

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