Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. 
Contents:
Volume 1: National Delusions: 
 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 Beard
 Duels and Ordeals
 The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True
 Popular Follies in Great Cities
 Old Price Riots
 The Thugs, or Phansigars
Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: 
 The Crusades
 The Witch Mania
 The Slow Poisoners
 Haunted Houses
Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions :
 The Alchemysts
 Fortune Telling
 The Magnetisers

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds: Vol.1-3

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