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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds


Front page of the original 1841 edition

Author             Charles Mackay
Country             United Kingdom
Language     English
Subject             Crowd psychology, economic bubbles, history
Publisher         Richard Bentley, London
Publication date  1841
Media type        Print

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841. The book chronicles its subjects in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". MacKay was an accomplished teller of stories, though he wrote in a journalistic and somewhat sensational style.

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