Barry Glassner, Author . Ecco $25.95 (285p) ISBN 978-0-06-050121-1
In his latest debunking project (after The Culture of Fear
), sociologist Glassner argues that "everything you think you know about food is wrong." And Glassner really does take on almost everything, from Atkins to vegans, with particularly...
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Barry Glassner, Author Simon & Schuster $20.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-69026-7
The American landscape is now littered with disenchanted workers and bankrupt businesses. What has happened to the American expectation of affluence? Glassner, a sociologist and the author of Bodies: Why We Look the Way We Do (And How We Feel About...
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Barry Glassner, Author Basic Books $25 (276p) ISBN 978-0-465-01489-7
In a provocative report, Glassner (Career Crash, etc.) contends that Americans' worries about crime, drugs, child abuse and other issues have been blown out of proportion by a mass media that thrives on scares. Exposing fear-mongering in many...
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Barry Glassner, Author, Barry Glassner, Read by , read by the author. Audio Editions $24.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-57270-354-4
In this oddly comforting audiobook, Glassner (Derailing Democracy
) deconstructs many commonly held beliefs about the threats of the modern world and aims to expose the media's role in keeping citizens fearful. Frightened citizens, he posits,...
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