Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889.

Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds / Charles Mackay ; foreword by John Marks Templeton. - Philadelphia, PA : Templeton Foundation Press, c1952. - xvii, 724 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"Reproductions of original illustrations from the editions of 1841 and 1852." Reprint. Originally published as: Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions. London : R. Bentley, 1841.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1890151408 (bk)


Impostors and imposture.
Swindlers and swindling.
Occultism--Early works to 1900.
Hallucinations and illusions.
Social psychology.

HV 6700 .M124 1952