Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
MacKay, Charles
ISBN 10: 0760755825 ISBN 13: 9780760755822
Published by Barnes & Noble, 2004
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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a landmark study of crowd psychology and mass mania and a singular casebook of human folly throughout the ages. Chronicled here are accounts of swindles, schemes, and scams on a grand scale. Other chapters deal with fads and delusions that have sprung from ideas, beliefs, and causes that still have champions today: the prophecies of Nostradamus, the coming of comets and Judgment Day, the Rosicrucians, and astrology. The book also surveys controversial people and movements of the past: necromancy, Father Hell and Magnetism, Anthony Mesmer and Mesmerism, the Crusades, sorcery and the burning of witches, not to mention the popularity of murder by slow poisoning.
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Title: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the ...
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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