5/25/2023 0 Comments Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of... by Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is divided into three broad categories, including 'National Delusions,' 'Peculiar Follies,' and 'Philosophical Delusions.' The author discusses a wide variety of subjects and events, which include economic bubbles like the tulip craze of Holland in 1637 and the Mississippi Company financial bubble of 1719 alchemy, which was of particular interest to individuals who wanted to create gold out of lesser-valued materials the Crusades, also known as the Middle Ages mania witch hunts, the persecution of thousands of innocent victims that arose from either supernatural ill fortune or neighbors with a score to settle duels the political and religious influence on beards and several others. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. With an autographed letter signed by Charles MacKay in 1867 laid in. Bound in three quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands. First edition of this classic study of crowd psychology, a compilation of human folly throughout the ages.
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