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Table of Contents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction. The Era of Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Book I. The Mind of Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter I. General Characteristics of Crowds. — Psychological Law of
Their Mental Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter II. The Sentiments and Morality of Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter III. The Ideas, Reasoning Power, and Imagination of Crowds.
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Chapter IV. A Religious Shape Assumed by All the Convictions of
Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Book II. The Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter I. Remote Factors of the Opinions and Beliefs of Crowds.
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Chapter II. The Immediate Factors of the Opinions of Crowds. . . . . . . . 59
Chapter III. The Leaders of Crowds and Their Means of Persuasion.
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Chapter IV. Limitations of the Variability of the Beliefs and Opinions of
Crowds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Book III. The Classification and Description of the Different Kinds of Crowds.
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Chapter I. The Classification of Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter II. Crowds Termed Criminal Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter III. Criminal Juries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter IV. Electoral Crowds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Chapter V. Parliamentary Assemblies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120