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"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness Of Crowds" Charles MacKay

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  • Series: MacKay
  • Publication Name: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness Of
  • Item Length: 5
  • Language: English
  • Source Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 748 Pages
  • Item Width: 1.5
  • Type: Hoaxes & Deceptions, General, Social Psychology, C
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Author: Charles MacKay
  • Publication Year: 1932
  • Personalized: No
  • Item Height: 8
  • Subject Area: Social Psychology
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Publisher: Noonday
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Custom Bundle: No
  • Subject: Hoaxes and Deceptions
  • Item Weight: 1lb. 13oz.
  • Features: Illustrated
  • Condition: Softcover, recent printing by Noonday.

    Description

    "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles MacKay.
    First published in London in 1841 and second edition in London in 1852.
    Published again by L.C. Page and Co. 1932 with forward by Bernard M. Baruch.
    Whenever struck by campaigns, fads, cults and fashions, the reader may take some comfort that Charles Mackay can demonstrate historical parallels for almost every neurosis of our times. The South Sea Bubble, Witch Mania, Alchemy, the Crusades, Fortune-telling, Haunted Houses, and even 'Tulipmania' are only some of the subjects covered in this book, which is given a contemporary perspective through Bernard Baruch's Introduction.