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  Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Wordsworth Reference) (Paperback) By (author) Charles Mackay, Introduction by Norman Stone

  

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  Short Description for Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsAims to demonstrate historical parallels for almost every neurosis of our times. This book covers subjects such as the South Sea Bubble, Witch Mania, Alchemy, the Crusades, Fortune-telling, Haunted Houses, and 'Tulipomania'.
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  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
  • Published: 05 June 1995
  • Format: Paperback 624 pages
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  • Categories: Dictionaries | Popular Culture | Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge | Anthropology | Social, Group Or Collective Psychology | General & World History | Social & Cultural History
  • ISBN 13: 9781853263491 ISBN 10: 1853263494
  • Sales rank: 8,592

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• 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.