{"product_id":"the-crowd-a-study-of-the-popular-mind","title":"The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind","description":"Complete 1896 original edition of The Crowd, A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon is the first popularist study of mob psychology which influenced Mussolini, Hitler, and scores more for over 100 years.\n\n\"The decisions affecting matters of general interest come to by an assembly of men of distinction, but specialists in different walks of life, are not sensibly superior to the decisions that would be adopted by a gathering of imbeciles.\"\n\nStudy the \"magnetic influence given out by the crowd\" in this historic book that has for over 12 decades! This 1896 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nPREFACE 3\nINTRODUCTION THE ERA OF CROWDS 5\nBOOK I: THE MIND OF CROWDS 10\nCHAPTER I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROWDS- PSYCHOLOGICAL LAW OF THEIR MENTAL UNITY 10\nCHAPTER II THE SENTIMENTS AND MORALITY OF CROWDS 15\nCHAPTER III THE IDEAS, REASONING POWER, AND IMAGINATION OF CROWDS 26\nCHAPTER IV A RELIGIOUS SHAPE ASSUMED BY ALL THE CONVICTIONS OF CROWDS 31\nBOOK II: THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDS 35\nCHAPTER I REMOTE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDS 35\nCHAPTER II THE IMMEDIATE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS OF CROWDS 45\nCHAPTER III THE LEADERS OF CROWDS AND THEIR MEANS OF PERSUASION 52\nCHAPTER IV LIMITATIONS OF THE VARIABILITY OF THE BELIEFS AND OPINIONS OF CROWDS 63\nBOOK III: THE CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CROWDS 70\nCHAPTER I THE CLASSIFICATION OF CROWDS 70\nCHAPTER II CROWDS TERMED CRIMINAL CROWDS 72\nCHAPTER III CRIMINAL JURIES 75\nCHAPTER IV ELECTORAL CROWDS 78\nCHAPTER V PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLIES 83\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1640323767\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1640323767.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Le Bon, Gustave\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43534254407741,"sku":"BVV.1640323767.VG","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1640323767-0.jpg?v=1788216569","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-crowd-a-study-of-the-popular-mind","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}