Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay
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Author | Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889 |
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Title | Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds |
Contents | The Mississippi scheme -- The south-sea bubble -- The tulipomania -- The alchymists -- Modern prophecies -- Fortune-telling -- The magnetisers -- Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- The crusades -- The witch mania -- The slow poisoners -- Haunted houses -- Popular follies of great cities -- Popular admiration of great thieves -- Duels and ordeals -- Relics. |
Language | English |
LoC Class | AZ: General Works: History of scholarship and learning, The humanities |
Subject | Social psychology |
Subject | Swindlers and swindling |
Subject | Impostors and imposture |
Subject | Alchemy |
Subject | Delusions |
Subject | Occultism -- Early works to 1900 |
Subject | Investments -- Psychological aspects |
Subject | Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects |
Subject | Hallucinations and illusions |
Subject | Common fallacies |
Category | Text |
EBook-No. | 24518 |
Release Date | Feb 5, 2008 |
Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads | 2001 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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