Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay
724 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0760712662
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Language: English
Publish: 599644800000
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A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement—and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, from witch burnings to the Great Crusades to the prophecies of Nostradamus.