Boyce, Travis D., editorChunnu, Winsome M., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2020-03-162020-03-162019https://hdl.handle.net/10217/201426Includes bibliographical references and index.A historical interrogation from a global perspective of the use of fear to vilify and persecute groups and individuals. Offering a look at racism, fearful framing, oppression, and marginalization, and how 'the Other' is defined and how fear is reinforced, spread, and used for political gain.--Provided by publisher."I Want to Get Rid of My Fear": An Introduction -- "Up to No Good": The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Fear of Black Men in US Society -- Southern Perils: Chinese Views of Their Southern Territories during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 ce) -- Microbe Culture: Germ Politics and the Unseen Racial History of Nature -- "They'll Take Away Our Birthrights": How White-Power Musicians Instill Fear of White Extinction -- ". . . or Suffer the Consequences of Staying": Terror and Racial Cleansing in Arkansas -- Making "The Case against the 'Reds'": Racializing Communism, 1919-1920 -- Toward a Post-Racial Society, or a "Rebirth" of a Nation? White Anxiety and Fear of Black Equality in the United States -- A Pharmacological Gulf of Tonkin: The Myth of the Addicted Army in Vietnam and the Fear of a Junkie Veteran -- The Strategies of Fear, the Commercialization of Society, and the Rise of the Factory System in the Low Countries during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- Aliens, Enemy Aliens, and Minors: Anti-Radicalism and the Jewish Left.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Fear -- Political aspects -- HistoryFear -- Social aspects -- HistoryPolitical persecution -- Psychological aspects -- HistoryTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.