Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Wordsworth Reference)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charles Mackay 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth
• 出版时间 1995-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781853263491
• 定价 57.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 624页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Wheneverstruckbycampaigns,fads,cultsandfashions,thereadermaytakesomecomfortthatCharlesMackaycandemonstratehistoricalparallelsforalmosteveryneurosisofourtimes.TheSouthSeaBubble,WitchMania,Alchemy,theCrusades,Fortune-telling,HauntedHouses,andeven'Tulipomania'areonlysomeofthesubjectscoveredinthisbook,whichisgivenacontemporaryperspectivethroughProfessorNormanStone'slivelynewIntroduction.

【作者简介】

CharlesMackay(1841-1889)wasborninPerth,Scotland.Hismotherdiedshortlyafterhisbirth,andhisfather,whohadbeeninturnaLieutenantonaRoyalNavysloop(capturedandimprisonedforfouryearsinFrance)andthenanEnsigninthe47thfoottakingpartintheill-fatedWalcherenExpeditionwherehecontractedmalaria,sentyoungCharlestolivewithanurseinWoolwichin1822.Afteracoupleofyears'educationinBrusselsfrom1828-1830,hebecameajournalistandsongwriterinLondon.HeworkedonTheMorningChroniclefrom1835-1844,whenhewasappointedEditorofTheGlasgowArgus.HissongTheGoodTimeComingsold400,000copiesin1846,theyearthathewasawardedhisDoctorateofLiteraturebyGlasgowUniversity.HewasafriendofinfluentialfiguressuchasCharlesDickensandHenryRussell,andmovedtoLondontoworkonTheIllustratedLondonNewsin1848,andhebecameEditorofitin1852.HewasacorrespondentforTheTimesduringtheAmericanCivilWar,butthereafterconcentratedonwritingbooks.ApartfromExtraordinaryPopularDelusionsandtheMadnessofCrowds,heisbestrememberedforhissongsandhisDictionaryofLowlandScotch.