Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Catalogue Number: M6Y-7F4S

  • Author: Charles Mackay
  • Format: Paperback
  • Published: 05 June 1995
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781853263491

Synopsis

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 'Tulipomania' are only some of the subjects covered in this book, which is given a contemporary perspective through Professor Norman Stone's lively new Introduction.

Product Details

  • Edition: New ed
  • Total Pages: 624
  • Genre: General & world history
  • Secondary Genre: Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Social & cultural history, Anthropology
  • Illustrations: index
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