THE CROWD

<p><strong><em><u>Complete</u> </em></strong><em>1896 original edition of</em><strong><em> <u>The Crowd A Study of the Popular Mind</u></em></strong><em> by Gustave </em>Le Bon <em>is the first popularist study of mob psychology which influenced Mussolini Hitler and scores more for over 100 years.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>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 <u>that would be adopted by a gathering of imbeciles</u>.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Study the </em>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.</p><p><br></p><p>TABLE OF CONTENTS</p><p>PREFACE             3</p><p>INTRODUCTION THE ERA OF CROWDS    5</p><p>BOOK I: THE MIND OF CROWDS 10</p><p>CHAPTER I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROWDS- PSYCHOLOGICAL LAW OF THEIR MENTAL UNITY    10</p><p>CHAPTER II THE SENTIMENTS AND MORALITY OF CROWDS           15</p><p>CHAPTER III THE IDEAS REASONING POWER AND IMAGINATION OF CROWDS    26</p><p>CHAPTER IV A RELIGIOUS SHAPE ASSUMED BY ALL THE CONVICTIONS OF CROWDS           31</p><p>BOOK II: THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDS            35</p><p>CHAPTER I REMOTE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS AND BELIEFS OF CROWDS            35</p><p>CHAPTER II THE IMMEDIATE FACTORS OF THE OPINIONS OF CROWDS     45</p><p>CHAPTER III THE LEADERS OF CROWDS AND THEIR MEANS OF PERSUASION         52</p><p>CHAPTER IV LIMITATIONS OF THE VARIABILITY OF THE BELIEFS AND OPINIONS OF CROWDS          63</p><p>BOOK III: THE CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CROWDS 70</p><p>CHAPTER I THE CLASSIFICATION OF CROWDS      70</p><p>CHAPTER II CROWDS TERMED CRIMINAL CROWDS           72</p><p>CHAPTER III CRIMINAL JURIES    75</p><p>CHAPTER IV ELECTORAL CROWDS            78</p><p>CHAPTER V PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLIES           83</p>