Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
by Charles Mackay
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Contents
- National Delusions
- The Mississippi Scheme
- The South Sea Bubble
- List of Bubbles
- 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
- The O.P. Mania
- The Thugs, or Phansigars