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A complete repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement--and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, funny collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, from witch burnings to the Great Crusades to the prophecies of Nostradamus.Mackay, Charles is the author of 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', published 1995 under ISBN 9780517884331 and ISBN 051788433X.
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