American Hysteria The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in The United States

This debut from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and turning fringe politics mainstream. American Hysteria puts readers at the center of the nation's most prominent periods of political extremism, from the Anti-Illuminati movement of the 1790s to McCarthyism in the 1950s to the Anti-Sharia movement of today. Both a deep dive into American history and a riveting narrative account, American Hysteria is as much history as it is drama.

This debut from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and …