Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 1

by Charles Mackay

29 chapters14h 18mEnglish1852

About this book

The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". 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. (summary from Wikipedia) Link to Volume 2

Chapters (28)

1The Mississippi Scheme, Part 1

1871

2The Mississippi Scheme, Part 2

1908

3The Mississippi Scheme, Part 3

2360

4The South-Sea Bubble, Part 1

2799

5The South-Sea Bubble, Part 2

1910

6The South-Sea Bubble, Part 3

1899

7The Tulipomania

1271

8The Alchymists, Part 1

1778

9The Alchymists, Part 2

1418

10The Alchymists, Part 3

1803

11The Alchymists, Part 4

2032

12The Alchymists, Part 5

2329

13The Alchymists, Part 6

1040

14The Alchymists, Part 7

1861

15The Alchymists, Part 8

755

16The Alchymists, Part 9

1727

17The Alchymists, Part 10

2412

18The Alchymists, Part 11

2281

19The Alchymists, Part 12

1298

20The Alchymists, Part 13

2423

21Modern Prophecies, Part 1

1763

22Modern Prophecies, Part 2

1399

23Fortune-Telling, Part 1

1811

24Fortune-Telling, Part 2

1394

25The Magnetisers, Part 1

2253

26The Magnetisers, Part 2

2220

27The Magnetisers, Part 3

2035

28Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard

1220

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 1

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Chapters (28)

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