Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History
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This up-to-date introduction to the complex world of conspiracies and conspiracy theories provides insight into why millions of people are so ready to believe the worst about our political, legal, religious, and financial institutions. Unsupported theories provide simple explanations for catastrophes that are otherwise difficult to understand, from the U.S. Civil War to the Stock Market Crash of 1929 to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Ideas about shadowy networks that operate behind a cloak of secrecy, including real organizations like the CIA and the Mafia and imagined ones like the Illuminati, additionally provide a way for people to criticize prevailing political and economic arrangements, while for society's disadvantaged and forgotten groups, conspiracy theories make their suffering and alienation comprehensible and provide a focal point for their economic or political frustrations. These volumes detail the highly controversial and influential phenomena of conspiracies and conspiracy theories in American society. Through interpretive essays and factual accounts of various people, organizations, and ideas, the reader will gain a much greater appreciation for a set of beliefs about political scheming, covert intelligence gathering, and criminal rings that has held its grip on the minds of millions of American citizens and encouraged them to believe that the conspiracies may run deeper, and with a global reach.

Table of Contents:
List of Entries Guide to Related Topics Introduction Chronology Part I Thematic Essays Business and Financial Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Military and Intelligence Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Political Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Popular Culture Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Science and Technology Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Social Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories Part II A–Z Entries Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index

About the Author :
Christopher R. Fee, PhD, is professor of English at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. He is coeditor of ABC-CLIO's American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore. Jeffrey B. Webb, PhD, is professor of American history at Huntington University, Huntington, IN. He is coeditor of ABC-CLIO's American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore.

Review :
This informative compilation on fascinating conspiratorial topics that will continue to be debated for decades will be a solid addition for all libraries. Recommended. All readership levels.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781440858109
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 2183 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1440858101
  • Publisher Date: 24 May 2019
  • Binding: SA
  • Sub Title: [2 volumes]


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