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'Every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation,' said author Charles Mackay in 1841. It was true then, and it is certainly true now. This intelligent, humorous collection of popular delusions, from money mania to religious relics, has become a classic study of mass manias, crowd behaviour, and human folly. The book encompasses a broad range of scams, and deceptions, including witch burnings, the Great Crusades, the prophecies of Nostradamus, and tulipomania - where speculators lost fortunes on a single tulip bulb. Here are the human quirks that make hemlines rise and fall, hairstyles change, and beards sprout. For every reader who has ever been a part of it all - remember McCarthyism and Elvis? - or is just curious about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement, here is a book that shows how any age, even ours, is susceptible to mindless hysteria.

Table of Contents:
1. The Mississippi Scheme 2. The South-Sea Bubble 3. The Tulipomania

About the Author :
Charles Mackay (1814-1889) was born in Perth, Scotland, and over a prolific career in letters wrote poetry, journalism, novels, dictionaries and songs. Best-known in his lifetime for the last of these – which were set to music and became phenomenally popular – he is today best remembered for his epic guide to crowd psychology, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, which has never been out of print since its release in 1841. Educated in Brussels, he began his working life in France before moving to London and writing for the Sun, the Morning Chronicle and the Illustrated London News among others. He was also editor of the Glasgow Argus and Illustrated London News. He travelled widely (including the USA during the Civil War), published prolifically, married twice, was friends with Charles Dickens and Henry Russell, and died in London.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781897597323
  • Publisher: Harriman House Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Harriman House Publishing
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • ISBN-10: 1897597320
  • Publisher Date: 26 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Width: 156 mm


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