Monsters in America : our historical obsession with the hideous and the haunting /

Monsters in America : our historical obsession with the hideous and the haunting /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Poole, W. Scott, 1971-
Imprint:	Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.
Description:	xviii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Monsters. Ghosts. Ghouls and ogres. Animals, Mythical. Supernatural. Popular culture -- United States -- History. Animals, Mythical. Ghosts. Ghouls and ogres. Monsters. Popular culture. Supernatural. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8539755

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ISBN:	9781602583146 (hardcover. : alk. paper) 1602583145 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Photographs
Acknowledgments
Preface
With a Warning to the Unsuspecting Reader
Introduction
The Bloody Chords of Memory
1. Monstrous Beginnings
2. Goth Americana
3. Weird Science
4. Alien Invasions
5. Deviant Bodies
6. Haunted Houses
7. Undead Americans
Epilogue
Worse Things Waiting
Filmography