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

$ 4.48

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Type: Hoaxes & Deceptions, General, Social Psychology, C
  • Item Height: 8
  • Features: Illustrated
  • Item Weight: 1lb. 13oz.
  • Language: English
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Publication Name: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness Of
  • Author: Charles MacKay
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Softcover, recent printing by Noonday.
  • Subject: Hoaxes and Deceptions
  • Series: MacKay
  • Publisher: Noonday
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Item Width: 1.5
  • Subject Area: Social Psychology
  • Source Language: English
  • Custom Bundle: No
  • Personalized: No
  • Publication Year: 1932
  • Number of Pages: 748 Pages
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item Length: 5

    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.