The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Softcover

Le Bon, Gustave

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9781600963919: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

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ISBN 10: 1600963919 ISBN 13: 9781600963919

Publisher: Waking Lion Press, 2006

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A brilliantly instructive treatise on the general characteristics and mental unity of a crowd, its sentiments and morality, ideas, reasoning power, imagination, opinions, and much more. A must-read volume not only for students of history, sociology, law and psychology, but for every politician, statesman, investor, and marketing manager. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

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About the Author:

Gustave LeBon (1841-1931) was a French physician who wrote widely on scientific subjects, including anatomy and physiology, anthropology, and history. Many of his writings focused in particular on national traits, crowd behavior, and racial superiority. His numerous books include The Civilization of Arabs, The Psychology of Peoples, and The Crowd.

Robert Nye is George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the department of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Crime, Madness and Politics in Modern France: The Medical Concept of National Decline and The Origins of Crowd Psychology: Gustave Le Bon and the Crisis of Mass Democracy in the Third Republic.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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