Extraordinary popular delusions / by Charles Mackay.
| Author/creator | Mackay, Charles |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston, 1850. |
| Description | 2 v. ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | v. 1. The Mississippi scheme -- The South-Sea bubble -- The tulipomania -- Relics -- Modern prophecies -- Popular admiration for great thieves -- Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beards -- Duels and ordeals -- Popular follies in great cities -- The O.P. Mania -- The thugs and phansigars -- Witch mania -- The slow poisoners -- v. 2. The Crusades -- Haunted houses -- Philosophical delusions-Introductory remarks -- The alchemists, or Searchers for the philosopher's stone and the water of life -- Fortune-telling -- The magnetisers. |
| General note | Vol. 2 has title page: Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 43357. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG97-B498 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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