'Every age has its peculiar folly; some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the mere force of imitation,' said author Charles Mackay in 1841. It was true then, and it is certainly true now. This intelligent, humorous collection of popular delusions, from money mania to ...
Published in 1841 and one of the first books on human psychology, this is a serious but frequently hilarious study of mass madness and human folly which traces history's periodic outbursts, from Alchemy to Mesmerism. 12 illustrations.
"The market never ceases to befuddle and beguile. These two venerable works are fixtures on the short lists for most valuable books on the securities markets, and investors continue to cherish them." -From the Introduction by Martin S. Fridson Managing Director, Merrill Lynch & Co. Author of Investment Illusions Exploring the sometimes hilarious, ...
Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at three historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Fired by greed and fed by naivete, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.
In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit... -from the Preface The satanic child-abuse mania of the ...
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ear, to plough, from the Sanscrit ' ar;' whence Ear-eth, the Earth, that which can be ploughed. Ear-fest, harvest, the festival of earing, or gathering the crops. ...
Most books "defending" the Resurrection do not give adequate room to the arguments against it. Charles Foster presents key points as a heated, no-holds-barred debate between lawyers. As a result, the issues are debated with great vigor, while the case for the Resurrection is made forcefully and factually.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
The object of the author in the following pages has been to collect the most remarkable instances of those moral epidemics which have been excited, and to show how easily the masses have been led astray. Contents: the Mississippi scheme, the south-sea bubble, the tulipomania, the alchemists, modern prophecies, fortunetelling, the magnetizers, ...
In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities; their seasons of excitement and recklessness, when they care not what they do. We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed ...
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In visiting a rice plantation, my object was not so much to satisfy myself that the slave-owners of America are kind to their negroes, as to satisfy the public opinion of Charleston that English travelers are not prejudiced against Southern proprietors... -from "A Rice Plantation" Life and Liberty in America in America. The title is intentionally ...
There are two classic texts that deal with crowd psychology and the irrational behavior that characterizes large groups of people acting en masse. They are The Crowd, and Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness Crowds. Both books provide lucid and witty insights into the madness of crowd psychology, such as the tulipmania in Holland, when ...
1842. The author derived the idea for his poem, The Salamandrine, from the following quote: Our fathers being true philosophers and speaking to God face to face, complained to Him of the wretched fate of these people; and God, whose mercy is illimitable, remembered Him that it was not impossible to find a remedy for this evil. He made known to ...
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