Mackay, Charles. <br/><br/>
Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds 

 - Boston  Page & company  1932 
 - xxiv p., 1 l., 724 p. incl. front. plates, ports. 25 cm. 
<br/><br/> The text concentrates on a wide variety of phenomena which had occurred over the centuries prior to this book's publication in 1841. Mackay begins by examining various economic bubbles, such as the infamous Tulipomania - wherein Dutch tulips rocketed in value amid claims they could be substituted for actual currency - and various follies spread by word of mouth in urban areas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781452202983 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Impostors and imposture.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.96MAC