Opinions Throughout History: Conspiracy Theories

Author Micah Issit

Publisher Grey House Publishing

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eBook

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Author

Micah Issit

Publisher

Grey House Publishing

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Copyright

2023

ISBN13

9781637005187

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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This title looks at the unfolding of some of the biggest conspiracy theories in the history of America, from the assassination of JFK, to the alleged links between vaccines and autism, to QAnon and the imagined pedophilia ring of the deep state. Looking deeper into the origins and development of these theories will reveal how fear and mistrust have shaped American popular culture.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Publisher's Note.
Introduction.
Historical Timeline.
1: Revolutionary Conspiracies: Conspiracy in the Revolutionary Era (1760–1798).
2: Illuminating Mythology: The Illuminati in Reality and Fantasy (1776–Present).
3: The Boys' Club: The Freemasons and the Anti-Freemason Movement (1820–Present).
4: The Popish Plots: Fear of Romanism and the Power of the Papacy (1830–Present).
5: Think of the Children: Catholic Abuse and Sexual Perversion in Conspiracy Theories (1836–Present).
6: A Deadly Fear: The Origin of the Anti-Vaccination Movement (1879–Present).
7: The Gold Gamblers: The Populist Party and the International Gold Ring(1895–Present).
8: The Myths of Zion: Jewish Conspiracies and the Threat of Zionism (1903–Present).
9: Anti-Capitalism: The Anarchist Movement and the Threat to Capitalism (1901–Present).
10: The New World Order: The First Red Scare and the New World Order (1915–Present).
11: Denying Genocide: Holocaust Denial in the Past and Present (1941–Present).
12: Fears of the Establishment: The Red Scare and McCarthyism (1945–Present).
13: Psychological Warfare: U.S. Drug Experimentation (1953–Present).
14: Desert Visions: Area 51 and the Alien Conspiracies (1955–Present).
15: The Umbrella Man: Kennedy Assassination Conspiracies (1963–Present).
16: Death of a Dream: Conspiracies of the Civil Rights Movement (1968–Present).
17: Bad Moon Rising: The Moon Landing Hoax (1969–Present).
18: The October Surprise: The Reagan Era and the Iran Conspiracy (1980–Present).
19: Satanic Influence: Spiritualism, Satanism, and the 1980s Satanist Scare (1980–Present).
20: The Gay Plague: Conspiracy Theories about HIV/AIDS (1981–Present).
21: An Existential Threat: The Conspiracy to Sow Doubt about Climate Change (1996
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