SELECTIONS FROM EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE MADNESS OF CROWDS [electronic resource] / Charles Mackay.

This selection, first published in 1973, compiles a fascinating study of crowd psychology as it examines the moral epidemics and fits of madness that have bewitched the cities of Europe and their citizens from the dark ages to modern times. Among the selections are tales of thieves and poisoners, de...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : ROUTLEDGE, 2022.
Series:	Routledge revivals.
Subjects:	Impostors and imposture. Swindlers and swindling. Occultism. Hallucinations and illusions. Social psychology.