| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Number of the Beast: Nero Did Not Play the Lyre While Rome Burned -- The Bloody Road to Redemption: The Paupers' Crusade -- Bankruptcy and the Stake: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ -- Five Centuries of Rumors: The Witch Hunts -- Violence and Fear: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre -- A Rumor Brings a Kingdom to Ruin: The Mississippi Bubble -- When Diamonds Are a Girl's Worst Enemy: The Affair of the Necklace -- Too Loud To Be True: The California Gold Rush -- Jack the Ripper: A Real Person or Just a Bunch of Rumors? -- Cannons and Rumors: The Curious Case of Noel Pemberton Billing -- The Night When They Attacked America : Hearing is not Believing -- When Death of a Democracy is Greeted with Applause: The Reichstag Fire -- The Birth of a Mythology: The Roswell Incident -- The Dictator Who Didn't Have Gold Taps: The End of Communism in Eastern Europe -- Murderous Rumors: The Rwanda Genocide -- A New Witch Hunt: The Satanic Ritual Abuse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
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History -- Errors, inventions, etc. |
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Rumor -- History.
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Rumor. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chirovici, Eugen-Ovidiu. Rumors that changed the world. Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498500838 (DLC) 2014037485 (OCoLC)890625170 |
| ISBN |
9781498500845 (electronic book) |
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1498500846 (electronic book) |
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9781498500838 |
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1498500838 |
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