Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

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Publisher's Synopsis

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions".

Despite its journalistic and rather sensational style, the book has gathered a body of academic support as a work of considerable importance in the history of social psychology and psychopathology.

Book information

ISBN: 9781502836809
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub date:
DEWEY: 001.96
Language: English
Number of pages: 386
Weight: 762g
Height: 254mm
Width: 203mm
Spine width: 20mm