Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Mackay
"Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds" by Charles Mackay is an early study of crowd psychology first published in 1841. This journalistic work examines humanity's susceptibility to collective manias through three volumes exploring financial bubbles, religious crusades, witch trials, alchemy, and countless other follies. Mackay debunks popular delusions with colorful anecdotes and sensational storytelling, from Dutch tulip mania to the influence of politics on beard styles. His analysis
of economic bubbles remains influential, credited with helping financiers predict market crashes and understand modern speculation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889 |
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| Title | Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. |
| Credits | Jonathan Ingram, Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| 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 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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