1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155508603321

Titolo

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Sheba Blake Publishing, 2014

ISBN

1-312-32139-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2175 p.)

Disciplina

001.9/6

Soggetti

Common fallacies

Delusions

Impostors and imposture

Investments -- Psychological aspects

Occultism -- Early works to 1900

Social psychology

Stock exchanges -- Psychological aspects

Swindlers and swindling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS -- PREFACE -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- VOLUME I -- MONEY MANIA -- THE SOUTH-SEA BUBBLE -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- LIST OF BUBBLES -- THE TULIPOMANIA -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- THE ALCHYMISTS -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- INFERIOR ADEPTS OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES -- INFERIOR ALCHYMISTS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- PRESENT STATE OF ALCHYMY -- INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AND RELIGION ON THE HAIR AND BEARD -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- VOLUME II -- THE CRUSADES -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- THE WITCH MANIA -- THE SLOW POISONERS -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- HAUNTED HOUSES -- POPULAR FOLLIES OF GREAT CITIES -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- POPULAR ADMIRATION OF GREAT THIEVES -- DUELS AND ORDEALS -- ⠀唀渀琀椀琀氀攀搀) -- RELICS -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Mackay's Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, published in 1841, is the history of popular folly in three parts: ""National Delusions"", ""Peculiar Follies"", and



""Philosophical Delusions"". These break down into: economic bubbles, alchemy, crusades, witch-hunts, prophecies, fortune-telling, magnetisers (the influence of one's imagination in curing disease), shape of a person's hair or beard (in its influence on politics and religion), murder by poisoning, haunted houses, collective foolishness of great cities, popular admiration of great thieves, due

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557625403321

Autore

Ivona Antonietta

Titolo

Sustainability of Rural Tourism and Promotion of Local Development

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Soggetti

Development economics and emerging economies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This Special Issue contains articles include, but not limited to, empirical, analytical, or design-oriented approaches to the following topics: Monitoring of carrying capacity and mechanisms for managing tourist flows in rural areas; Systems and tools to measure the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of rural tourism; Integration between public tourism policies and private strategies in the promotion and implementation of sustainable practices; Policies for promoting public participation in the planning and development of sustainable rural tourism; The impacts of tourism on traditional agricultural activities; Identity enhancement of the territory and its productions; "Good practices" in the implementation of rural tourism sustainability.