FOLMI's books

Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889. | Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind, donor. DLC [from old catalog] | Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC | Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / Charles Mackay.

Office of the National Illustrated Library, 227 St (1852)

monograph/item

England | English

Find sold listings on eBay

CLZ may be compensated
for purchases made

Dewey 908

LC Control No. 28002624

Subject

Common fallacies.
Delusions.
Errors, Popular.
Hallucinations and illusions.
Impostors and imposture.
Social psychology.
Swindlers and swindling.

Plot

Includes index.Contents: v. 1. The Mississippi scheme. The south-sea bubble. The tulipomania. The alchymists. Modern prophecies. Fortune-telling. The magnetisers. Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard -- v. 2. The crusades. The witch

Personal

Read
Index	4773
Added Date	Aug 21, 2019 06:30:22
Modified Date	Aug 21, 2019 06:30:22

Notes

Accession# V.1 5679London : Office of the National Illustrated Library, 227 Strand, 1852.2 v. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.