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Control # 1 2011044971
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20190911110931.0
Fixed Data 8 111027s2012 mdua b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2011044971
ISBN 20    $a9781421405308$q(hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN 20    $z9781421406510$q(electronic)
ISBN 20    $a142140530X$q(hdbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN 20    $z1421406519$q(electronic)
Obsolete 39    $a316399$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aHV8078$b.B86 2012
Dewey Class 82 00 $a363.25/4$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aBunn, G. C.$q(Geoffrey C.)
Title 245 14 $aThe truth machine :$ba social history of the lie detector /$cGeoffrey C. Bunn.
Imprint 260    $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2012.
Phys Descrpt 300    $aviii, 246 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
Series:Diff 490 $aJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aPlotting the hyperbola of deception -- "A thieves' quarter, a devil's den": the birth of criminal man -- "A vast plain under a flaming sky": the emergence of criminology -- "Supposing that truth is a woman-what then?": the enigma of female criminality -- "Fearful errors lurk in our nuptial couches": the critique of criminal anthropology -- "To classify and analyze emotional persons": the mistake of the machines -- "Some of the darndest lies you ever heard": who invented the lie detector? -- "A trick of burlesque employed...against dishonesty": the quest for euphoric security -- "A bally hoo side show at the fair": the spectacular power of expertise -- The hazards of the will to truth.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aLie detectors and detection$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aLie detectors and detection$zUnited States$xHistory.
SE:Ufm Title 830  0 $aJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)