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Extraordinary Popular Delusions: And the Madness of Crowds Revised Edition
Contributor(s): MacKay, Charles (Author)
ISBN: 1573928917     ISBN-13: 9781573928915
Publisher: Prometheus Books
OUR PRICE:   $19.94  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2001
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Annotation: More than a century before Alan Greenspan coined the phrase "irrational exuberance" to describe the speculative bubble inflating technology stocks, Charles Mackay was recording the' history of "tulipomania", a speculative madness surrounding the value of tulips in the 18th century that was the ruin of many Dutch and English investors. This is only one of the "extraordinary popular delusions" documented by Mackay in a fascinating study of group psychology. He also describes notorious witch hunts, haunted houses, the Crusades, beliefs in fortunetellers and in the magical power of alchemy, veneration of relics, bogus health cures and health scares, and many other examples of human credulity and flights from reason. This work is a true classic in the study of paranormal beliefs, a funny, shocking, and unbelievable yet true history of human gullibility.
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- History | Social History
- Psychology | Social Psychology
Dewey: 001.9
LCCN: 00054865
Series: Great Minds
Physical Information: 1.58" H x 5.43" W x 8.39" (1.86 lbs) 766 pages
 
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More than a century before Alan Greenspan coined the phrase "irrational exuberance" to describe the speculative bubble inflating technology stocks, Charles Mackay was recording the history of "tulipomania," a speculative madness surrounding the value of tulips in the 18th century that was the ruin of many Dutch and English investors. This is only one of the "extraordinary popular delusions" documented by Mackay in a fascinating study of group psychology. He also describes notorious witch hunts, haunted houses, the Crusades, beliefs in fortunetellers and in the magical power of alchemy, veneration of relics, bogus health cures and health scares, and many other examples of human credulity and flights from reason. This work is a true classic in the study of paranormal beliefs, a funny, shocking, and unbelievable yet true history of human gullibility.

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