Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds [microform] /
Mackay, Charles,1814-1889.
London : Office of the National Illustrated Library,
1852.
Published in 1841 under title: Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions.
"Illustrated with numerous engravings."
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes 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.
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Microfiche.
Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
Occultism
Delusions.
Social psychology.