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Beginning in 1870, the hunger for scientific discovery in Great
Britain drove prominent scientists, philosophers, and others to
promote the legitimacy of telepathy. At the same time, mind-reading
as a form of entertainment gained increasing popularity as
persuasive performers like John Randall Brown, W. I. Bishop, and
Stuart C. Cumberland convinced reporters that they truly could read
the thoughts of others. The widely publicized, sometimes bizarre,
interactions between scientists and these charlatans ushered in the
Thought Reader Craze, a period that lasted through 1910 and saw
entertainers make and lose fortunes and scientists make and lost
reputations. This volume explores this unusual cultural phenomenon,
showing how it endured through the years due to public scientific
pronouncements, astonishing performances by the thought readers,
and the rapidly changing industrial society.
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