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Credulity

A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

by Emily Ogden

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Description

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Out on credulity! An introduction -- It does not exist: animal magnetism before it was true -- Beyond radical enchantment: mesmerizing laborers in the Americas -- In imagination: traveling clairvoyance and the suspension of disbelief -- Out of character: phrenomesmerism and the secular agent -- The spirit of Benjamin Franklin -- Coda: bagging the idol.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

  • Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition

    Retained metadata contains “Clairvoyance” in the description.

    • “Clairvoyance”· in description
  • Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, k10plus, openlibrary, and swisscovery matched “mesmerism”, “Mesmerism”, and “Mesmerismus”. Retained metadata contains “Mesmerism” in the subtitle, “Animal magnetism” in the description, “Mesmerism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “mesmerism”· via Crossref
    • “Mesmerismus”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “Mesmerism”· via Open Library
    • “Mesmerismus”· via swisscovery — Swiss Library Service Platform
    • “Mesmerism”· in subtitle
    • “Animal magnetism”· in description

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Editions

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A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

Crossref publisher-supplied book record

Class 200 : new studies in religion; Illustrationen; Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index; xiv, 267 Seiten

Mar 30, 2018The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago PressEnglish
  • 9780226532165
  • 9780226532332
  • 9780226532479
  • 022653216X
  • +1 more
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Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL20186136W
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