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Confidence tricks and widespread delusions have gone in cycles throughout history, and the financial bubbles and illusions of haunted houses and popular manias are as relevant now as they were when Mackay published this book in 1852. A witty commentary with insights into human nature and the madness of crowds.

Table of Contents
1. The Mississippi scheme; 2. The South-sea bubble; 3. The tulipomania; 4. The alchymists; 5. Modern prophecies; 6. Fortune-telling; 7. The magnetisers; 8. Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions Volume 1

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1/27/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781108027618
      978-1108027618
      ISBN-10 110802761X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Confidence tricks and widespread delusions have gone in cycles throughout history, and the financial bubbles and illusions of haunted houses and popular manias are as relevant now as they were when Mackay published this book in 1852. A witty commentary with insights into human nature and the madness of crowds.

      Table of Contents
      1. The Mississippi scheme; 2. The South-sea bubble; 3. The tulipomania; 4. The alchymists; 5. Modern prophecies; 6. Fortune-telling; 7. The magnetisers; 8. Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard.

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