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An edition of When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world (1956)

When prophecy fails

by , , and

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Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.

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University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Pages
256

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Subjects

disconfirmation behavior, news media, Prophecies, proselyting, Prophecies (occultism), End of the world, social relations

Times

late 1940s to early 1950s

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Cover of: When prophecy fails
When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world
1964, Harper & Row
Cover of: When prophecy fails
When prophecy fails
1956, University of Minnesota Press
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Edition Notes

Bibliographical references included in "Notes to chapter 1" (p. 253-254)

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Minneapolis

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
133.3
Library of Congress
BF1809 .F4

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Pagination
vii, 256 p.
Number of pages
256

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OL6201991M
Internet Archive
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LCCN
56011611
OCLC/WorldCat
364117848, 217969
Library Thing
92745

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