Some Extraordinary Popular Delusions by Charles Mackay

144 pages first pub 1841 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Describing bizarrely popular Victorian street slang, the madness of crowds, stock market mania (from the South Sea Bubble to Tulip fever), popular fashions, fads, crazes, schemes and scams, this brilliantly entertaining and ever-more relevant stud...

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