Mackay, Charles 1814-1889 creator text utu 1996 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1" by Charles Mackay is a study of crowd psychology first published in 1841. This journalistic exploration examines how entire societies fall prey to irrational beliefs and financial manias. Mackay investigates economic bubbles like the South Sea Company and Dutch tulip mania, alongside witch trials, alchemy, the Crusades, and countless other collective obsessions. Through colorful anecdotes and debunking analysis, he reveals how crowds abandon reason and embrace delusion, offering timeless lessons about human behavior that continue influencing financial thinkers today. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds Release date is 1996-08-01 Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Original publication data not identified Social psychology Swindlers and swindling Impostors and imposture Alchemy Delusions Occultism -- Early works to 1900 Investments -- Psychological aspects Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects Hallucinations and illusions Common fallacies AZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/636 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/636 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133034.0 636