{
  "name": "Extraordinary Popular Delusions: chapter word counts, 1841 and 1852",
  "desc": "Word counts for every chapter of the 1852 and 1841 editions of Mackay's book, one row per chapter and edition, counted from the Project Gutenberg texts from one chapter heading to the next, with epigraphs and footnotes counted and engraving captions left out; the share column is words divided by the edition total.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Treaties & Tradeoffs",
  "url": "https://treatiesandtradeoffs.com/ideas/extraordinary-popular-delusions/",
  "from": [
    "Charles Mackay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, 2 vols. (London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852), Project Gutenberg eBook #24518",
    "Charles Mackay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1841), Project Gutenberg eBooks #636, #713 and #884"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Treaties & Tradeoffs from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Charles Mackay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, 2 vols. (London: Office of the National Illustrated Library, 1852), Project Gutenberg eBook #24518, accessed 2026-11-02, public domain",
    "Charles Mackay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, 3 vols. (London: Richard Bentley, 1841), Project Gutenberg eBooks #636, #713 and #884, accessed 2026-11-02, public domain"
  ]
}