Extraordinary popular delusions / by Charles Mackay.

Author/creator Mackay, Charles
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Lindsay and Blakiston, 1850.
Description2 v. ; 20 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Uniform titleMemoirs of extraordinary popular delusions
SeriesSabin 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 noteVol. 2 has title page: Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 43357.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References RLIN, CTRG97-B498
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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