{"title":"Charles MacKay","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds-vol-1-3-paperback","title":"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Vol.1-3 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51317759541471,"sku":"9788027338658","price":23.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/47jZ7Atu5Q9788027338658.webp?v=1788348450"},{"product_id":"extraordinary-popular-delusions-and-the-madness-of-crowds-paperback","title":"Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a history of popular folly by Charles Mackay.\u003c\/strong\u003e The book chronicles its targets in three parts: \"National Delusions,\" \"Peculiar Follies,\" and \"Philosophical Delusions.\" Learn why intelligent people do amazingly stupid things when caught up in speculative edevorse.The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts, crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319958634719,"sku":"9781604594416","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZtcwJS2Au59781604594416.webp?v=1788374565"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/charles-mackay.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}