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Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / by Charles Mackay
(Making of the modern world. Part 2)

Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher	London : Office of the National Illustrated Library
Year	1852
Size	1 online resource (2 v.) : ill
Authors	*Mackay, Charles 1814-1889
Subjects	LCSH:Delusions LCSH:Social psychology LCSH:Occultism -- Early works to 1900  All Subject Search LCSH:Impostors and imposture LCSH:Swindlers and swindling
Notes	Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London "Illustrated with numerous engravings." Published in 1841 under title: "Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions." Includes bibliographical references and index v. 1. The Mississippi scheme ; The South-Sea bubble ; The tulipomania ; The alchymists ; Contests ; Modern prophecies ; Fortune-telling ; The magnetisers ; Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- v. 2. The Crusades ; The witch mania ; The slow poisoners ; Haunted houses ; Popular follies of great cities ; Popular admiration of great thieves ; Duels and ordeals ; Relics Electronic reproduction Farmington Hills, Mich. Cengage Learning 2011 Available via the World Wide Web Access limited by licensing agreements HTTP:URL=http://reo.nii.ac.jp/hss/2100000000324758

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