Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics) cover
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises (Wiley Investment Classics)
by Charles P. Kindleberger, Robert Aliber
ISBN: 0471467146
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bd_at_rivenhill · 2010-10-02 · Original thread
Actually, you've missed quite a few big ones, have you read Kindlebarger?

http://www.amazon.com/Manias-Panics-Crashes-Financial-Invest...

I wouldn't say that bubbles are rare at all, and it wouldn't surprise me if there were lots of them before 1637 that just aren't well recorded. The limited scope of trade in those days would mean that such events weren't as disruptive as they are today.