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What a nice quote. What were "millions of people" simultaneously obsessed with around 1841?
by sgu999 2y ago
What a nice quote. What were "millions of people" simultaneously obsessed with around 1841?
- kashyapc 2y agoI didn't read the book, I'm afraid. I don't know if he actually mentions it anywhere.
- sebastiennight 2y agoI believe MacKay's book (quoted here) is most famous for its account of the Dutch tulip mania[0], which is one of the most notable financial bubbles in history (somebody reportedly paid 12 acres of land - 5 hectares - for a single bulb). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania