Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

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history book non-fiction book work of social psychology

Charles Mackay’s *Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds* is a classic 1841 study of mass hysteria, speculative bubbles, and crowd psychology, famously analyzing episodes like tulip mania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
work of social psychology ⓘ
19thCenturyPublication true ⓘ
author Charles Mackay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionFormat three volumes ⓘ
genre economic history ⓘ
popular history ⓘ
social psychology ⓘ
hasLaterEditions abridged editions ⓘ
annotated editions ⓘ
modern reprints ⓘ
hasTheme contagion of ideas ⓘ
financial speculation ⓘ
herd behavior ⓘ
irrational behavior of crowds ⓘ
market psychology ⓘ
moral panics ⓘ
influenced behavioral finance ⓘ
modern crowd psychology ⓘ
popular writing on financial bubbles ⓘ
isFrequentlyCitedIn economic history studies ⓘ
finance literature ⓘ
works on bubbles and crashes ⓘ
literaryStatus classic of crowd psychology ⓘ
classic of financial literature ⓘ
mainSubject crowd psychology ⓘ
economic bubbles ⓘ
mass hysteria ⓘ
speculative bubbles ⓘ
notableCaseStudy Crusades ⓘ
Mississippi Bubble ⓘ
South Sea Bubble ⓘ
Tulip mania ⓘ
alchemy manias ⓘ
witch hunts ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partTitle National Delusions ⓘ
Peculiar Follies ⓘ
Philosophical Delusions ⓘ
publicationYear 1841 ⓘ
publisher Richard Bentley ⓘ
structure three parts ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

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