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We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s
By Richard Beck
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By Richard Beck
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A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2015
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015
A brilliant, disturbing portrait of the dawn of the culture wars, when America started to tear itself apart with doubts, wild allegations, and an unfounded fear for the safety of children.
During the 1980s in California, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, and elsewhere, day care workers were arrested, charged, tried, and convic…
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