The Invasion from Mars
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The Invasion from Mars

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Invasion from Mars

About this book

Hadley Cantril's study was launched immediately after the broadcast to give an account of people's reactions and an answer to the question, Why the panic? Originally published by Princeton University Press in 1940, the book explores the latent anxieties that lead to mass hysteria.

Originally published in 1982.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface (1966)
  4. Preface (1940)
  5. I. "Incredible as It May Seem" The Broadcast (Script by Howard Koch)
  6. II. "It Was Something Terrible" The Nature and Extent of the Panic
  7. III. "It Didn't Sound Like a Play" How the Stimulus Was Experienced
  8. IV. "We'd Better Do Something" Description of Reactions
  9. V. "I Figured" Critical Ability
  10. VI. "I'm So Worried" Conditions Inhibiting Critical Ability
  11. VII. "Being in a Troublesome World" The Historical Setting
  12. VIII. "My Background" The Individual Case
  13. IX. "Jitters Have Come to Roost" Why the Panic?
  14. Appendix A. Miscellaneous Information
  15. Appendix B. Interview Schedule
  16. Appendix C. Tables
  17. Index