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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

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Author(s): Charles Mackay
Publisher: Harmony Books
Year: 1980 [1841,52]

Language: English
Pages: 756
City: New York

Foreword (xii)......Page 8
Preface (xvii)......Page 13
Preface to Edition of 1852 (xix)......Page 15
Contents (xxi)......Page 17
List of Illustrations (xxv)......Page 21
The Mississippi Scheme (1)......Page 22
The South-Sea Bubble (46)......Page 68
The Tulipomania (89)......Page 112
The Alchymists (98)......Page 121
Modern Prophecies (257)......Page 282
Fortune-Telling (281)......Page 307
The Magnetisers (304)......Page 331
Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard (346)......Page 373
The Crusades (354)......Page 381
The Witch Mania (462)......Page 491
The Slow Poisoners (565)......Page 595
Haunted Houses (593)......Page 624
Popular Follies of Great Cities (619)......Page 650
Popular Admiration of Great Thieves (632)......Page 663
Duels and Ordeals (647)......Page 678
Relics (695)......Page 727
Index (705)......Page 736