Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know
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Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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Conduct of life -- Miscellanea.
Informational works.
Informational works.
Interpersonal relations -- Miscellanea.
Psychology, Applied.
Strangers.
Threat (Psychology).
Trust.

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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index.
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines to illustrate that people size up the motivations, emotions, and trustworthiness of those they don't know both wrongly and with misplaced confidence.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, M. (2019). Talking to strangers: what we should know about the people we don't know (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. 2019. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gladwell, Malcolm. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

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