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Fear: A Cultural History
Joanna Bourke
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Description for Fear: A Cultural History
Paperback. A history of the twentieth century through those British and American people who experienced the fears of their time - by Wolfson History Prize-winner Joanna Bourke Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 360.
Fear is one of the most basic and most powerful of all the human emotions. Sometimes it is hauntingly specific: flames searing patterns on the ceiling, a hydrogen bomb, a terrorist. More often, anxiety overwhelms us from some source within: there is an irrational panic about venturing outside, a dread of failure, a premonition of doom.
In this astonishing book we encounter the fears and anxieties of hundreds of British and American men, women and children. From fear of the crowd to agoraphobia, from battle experiences to fear of nuclear attack, from cancer to AIDS, this is an utterly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844081561
SKU
V9781844081561
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Joanna Bourke
Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize
Reviews for Fear: A Cultural History
Illuminating and unfailingly interesting
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, SUNDAY TIMES
'Joanna Bourke, graceful, shrewd, brilliantly compendious in research, has written a history as topical as your morning newspaper . . . This is a journey full of wit and scholarship, an enthralling read
Peter Preston, OBSERVER
'Clever . . . original and complex
Piers Brendon, GUARDIAN
... Read more
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, SUNDAY TIMES
'Joanna Bourke, graceful, shrewd, brilliantly compendious in research, has written a history as topical as your morning newspaper . . . This is a journey full of wit and scholarship, an enthralling read
Peter Preston, OBSERVER
'Clever . . . original and complex
Piers Brendon, GUARDIAN
... Read more