Account

Company

  Menu
Large Image

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Understanding the Forces Behind Group Mentality, Thoughts and Actions

by (e-artnow)

(505 reviews)

Get It Preview
$0.99

Share This

Description

This edition represents an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. 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. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include 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, magnetisers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Present-day writers on economics, such as Michael Lewis and Andrew Tobias, laud the three chapters on economic bubbles. Scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan mentioned the book in his own discussion about pseudoscience, popular delusions, and hoaxes.
Charles Mackay was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter.

Tag This Book

This Book Has Been Tagged
It hasn't. Be the first to tag this book!

Our Recommendation

Get It This book is only $0.99.

Notify Me When The Price...

  • $
  • If I'm already tracking this book...

to track this book on eReaderIQ.

Track These Authors

to track Charles Mackay on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by Charles Mackay.
  • to stop tracking Charles Mackay.

Price Summary

  • We started tracking this book on September 22, 2017.
  • This book was $0.00 when we started tracking it.
  • The price of this book has changed 7 times in the past 2,408 days.
  • The current price of this book is $0.99 last checked one month ago.
  • This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
  • This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $0.49.
  • The lowest price to date was FREE last reached on September 22, 2017.
  • This book has been FREE one time since we started tracking it.
  • The highest price to date was $0.99 last reached on April 16, 2019.
  • This book has been $0.99 4 times since we started tracking it.
  • This book is currently at its highest price since we started tracking it.

Genres

Additional Info

  • Publication Date: September 18, 2017
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 411 Pages
  • File Size: 8,207 KB

We last verified the price of this book about one month ago. At that time, the price was $0.99. This price is subject to change. The price displayed on the Amazon.com website at the time of purchase is the price you will pay for this book. Please confirm the price before making any purchases.