Invented knowledge [electronic resource] : false history, fake science and pseudo-religions / Ronald H. Fritze.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-297) and index.

Atlantis: mother of pseudohistory -- Who's on first? The pseudohistory of the discovery and settlement of ancient America -- Mudpeople, Satan's spawn, and Christian identity: racist cosmogonies and pseudohistory, part 1 -- Mad scientists, white devils, and the Nation of Islam: racist cosmogonies and pseudohistory, part 2 -- Pseudohistoria epidemica or pseudohistorians in collusion -- Professors gone wild: the Black Athena controvery.