Conspiracy Theories in American History - An Encyclopedia (Volumes 1-2) - (Peter Knight) ABC CLIO 2003.pdf

Conspiracy Theories in
American History
Advisory Board
David Brion Davis
Douglas Kellner
Richard King
Berndt Ostendorf
Gordon Wood
Conspiracy Theories in
American History
An Encyclopedia
Volume 1
A–L
Edited by
Peter Knight
Associate Editors
Robert Alan Goldberg
Jeffrey L. Pasley
Larry Schweikart
Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England
COPYRIGHT © 2003 BY PETER KNIGHT
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Conspiracy theories in American history: an encyclopedia / edited by
Peter Knight.
p. cm.
“Also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook—. verso.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57607-812-4 (alk. paper) 1-57607-813-2 (eBook)
1. Conspiracies—United States—History—Encyclopedias. 2. United
States—History—Encyclopedias. I. Knight, Peter, 1968–
2003
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Contents
Foreword, David Brion Davis ix
Preface, Peter Knight xi
Contributors xiii
Conspiracy Theories in America: A Historical Overview, Robert Alan Goldberg 1
Making Sense of Conspiracy Theories, Peter Knight 15
Conspiracy Theories in American History
Volume 1 Arnold, Benedict 92 Biddle, Nicholas 122
Aryan Nations 94 Bilderbergers 123
A
Asian Americans 95 Black Helicopters 124
Abolitionism 27
Atomic Secrets 97 Black Panthers 126
Abortion 33
Aurora 1