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- catalog abstract ""The book covers early lie detectors and their inventors from the 1860s to the 1920s, their use by police and other agencies in the 1930s and their role in Cold War America in the 1940s and 1950s. It then discusses the 1960s, the PSE (a new take on the old polygraph), reliance by private businesses on the polygraph in the 1970s, and the increasing reluctance of the government to use it in the 1980s. A chapter on new ideas and uses from 1990 to 2002 concludes the book. Notes, bibliography, index."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13063950.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""The book covers early lie detectors and their inventors from the 1860s to the 1920s, their use by police and other agencies in the 1930s and their role in Cold War America in the 1940s and 1950s. It then discusses the 1960s, the PSE (a new take on the old polygraph), reliance by private businesses on the polygraph in the 1970s, and the increasing reluctance of the government to use it in the 1980s. A chapter on new ideas and uses from 1990 to 2002 concludes the book. Notes, bibliography, index."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ancient truth, the years to 1869 -- The black box takes shape, 1870 to 1929 -- A painless third degree, 1930 to 1941 -- The polygraph spreads in Cold War America, 1940s to 1950s -- Government use increases, 1960s -- The PSE : a new truth machine, 1970s -- Business embraces the truth machine, 1970s -- The government blocks the box, 1980s -- The LD survives : new ideas surface, 1990s to 2002.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.".
- catalog extent "v, 218 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0786416181 (softcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "363.25/4 22".
- catalog subject "HV8078 .S44 2004".
- catalog subject "Lie detectors and detection United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ancient truth, the years to 1869 -- The black box takes shape, 1870 to 1929 -- A painless third degree, 1930 to 1941 -- The polygraph spreads in Cold War America, 1940s to 1950s -- Government use increases, 1960s -- The PSE : a new truth machine, 1970s -- Business embraces the truth machine, 1970s -- The government blocks the box, 1980s -- The LD survives : new ideas surface, 1990s to 2002.".
- catalog title "Lie detectors : a social history / by Kerry Segrave.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".