Memoirs Of Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds Volume 1

Author : Charles Mackay
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Release : 2023-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1088138489

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

This is the full unabridged edition that includes all three volumes. In this book, Charles Mackay discusses the irrational behaviors of crowds in the economy, war and magic. He gives several different examples of market bubbles such as the Mississippi Scheme and the infamous Tulip Mania in the Netherlands. Ever since it was written, Investors have used it as a guide to help identify boom and bust cycles. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds has had an important influence on economists in understanding of crowd psychology and feedback loops.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : History
ISBN : BCUL:1094403614

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay, first published in 1852, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Author : William J. Bernstein
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780802157119

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The Delusions of Crowds by William J. Bernstein Pdf

This “disturbing yet fascinating” exploration of mass mania through the ages explains the biological and psychological roots of irrationality (Kirkus Reviews). From time immemorial, contagious narratives have spread through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s nineteenth-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, neurologist and author William Bernstein examines mass delusion through the lens of current scientific research in The Delusions of Crowds. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last five hundred years—from the Anabaptist Madness of the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that pervade today’s polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles. Through Bernstein’s supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their “desire to improve one’s well-being in this life or the next.” Bernstein’s chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania. He observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of this all-too-human phenomenon, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783752411751

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1684220742

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions by Charles Mackay Pdf

2017 Reprint of 1852 Edition. Being selections from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Mackay's work, first published in 1841, chronicles the various fallacies and delusions that have afflicted human thinking during the modern period. Though the scope of the first edition was wide ranging--including alchemy, fortune-telling, haunted houses and other forms of philosophical delusion--the present editions reprints only those portions of the original work that pertain to economic bubbles. Present-day writers on economics, such as Michael Lewis and Andrew Tobias, laud Mackay's three chapters on the Tulipomania, the South Sea Bubble, and on the Mississippi Scheme.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:8596547718369

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Complete Edition: Volume 1-3) by Charles Mackay Pdf

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530259177

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions - by Charles Mackay Pdf

Charles Mackay was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter, remembered mainly for his book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds.

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Hallucinations and illusions
ISBN : NYPL:33433068200058

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Canada
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010550069

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Life and Liberty in America: Or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada in 1857-8 by Charles Mackay Pdf

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:4057664094612

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers

Author : Charles Mackay
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : EAN:8596547771821

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay Pdf

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers

Author : Gustave Le Bon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Crowds
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004881459

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The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon Pdf

Author : LL D CHARLES. MACKAY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9387513521

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by LL D CHARLES. MACKAY Pdf

If you've ever wondered where popular catch phrases and slang comes from or why men's beards go in and out of fashion, then this book is for you. How often do you come across a book that can explain most everything? Much of today's news has a basis in prior historical events. The internet IPO market shares striking similarities to the Dutch "tulip mania" of the 1600's. The conflict in the Middle East can trace its roots to the Crusades. The recent satanic child abuse trials are reminiscent of the European witch trials of the 1400s-1600s. This complete two-volume edition demonstrates that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. Here are astonishing and entertaining tales of thievery, greed and madness. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions from haunted houses and the prophecies of Nostradamus to speculative excess. Charles MacKay explains it all in this classic edition.

Author : Charles MacKay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1727517865

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay Pdf

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MacKayPopular delusions began so early, spread so widely, and have lasted so long, that instead of two or three volumes, fifty would scarcely suffice to detail their history. The present may be considered more of a miscellany of delusions than a history--a chapter only in the great and awful book of human folly which yet remains to be written, and which Porson once jestingly said he would write in five hundred volumes! Interspersed are sketches of some lighter matters,--amusing instances of the imitativeness and wrongheadedness of the people, rather than examples of folly and delusion.Religious matters have been purposely excluded as incompatible with the limits prescribed to the present work; a mere list of them would alone be sufficient to occupy a volume.

Author : Charles Mackay,Russell Napier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857197429

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Harriman Definitive Edition) by Charles Mackay,Russell Napier Pdf

Charles MacKay's groundbreaking examination of a staggering variety of popular delusions, crazes and mass follies is presented here in full with no abridgements. The text concentrates on a wide variety of phenomena which had occurred over the centuries prior to this book's publication in 1841. Mackay begins by examining economic bubbles, such as the infamous Tulipomania, wherein Dutch tulips rocketed in value amid claims they could be substituted for actual currency. As we progress further, the scope of the book broadens into several more exotic fields of mass self-deception. Mackay turns his attention to the witch hunts of the 17th and 18th centuries, the practice of alchemy, the phenomena of haunted houses, the vast and varied practices of fortune telling and the search for the philosopher's stone, to name but a handful of subjects. Today, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds is distinguished as an expansive, well-researched and somewhat eccentric work of social history.