Talk:Tulip mania
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A rough article based entirely on Charles Mackay's book (referenced at the bottom). Lots of room for improvement, both in terms of facts and readability. -- S
MacKay's book is generally reckoned to be factually inaccurate unfortunately (although it is a good story!). I will look around for other sources. Justinc 10:25, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I added the "competing view" section; it's been mentioned in the press but I don't know how prevalent it is among scholars. Feel free to change the title (or any other part, for that matter.) Korny O'Near 02:47, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
I feel there are a couple of contradictions within the article. If Mackay is taken as the main source, then the actual speculative bubble burst in November 1636 instead of February 1637, and that is reflected by some figures in Garber's article (for instance, the fall of Gouda tulip prices ca. november 1636) even though Garber focuses only on the early 1637 boom and crash of the futures market. TAs for other sources, quite a few are quoted in Garber's article (from trader diaries to Posthumus and even Mackay). Thompson and Treussard mention both crashes. --ToohrVyk 18:44, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
This page is absurt even everyone knows in Turkey that between 15th-17th centuries tulips were forbidden to export by any means, an act would be sentenced to death. tulip was a very honorable plant for Turkish hearts the first Turkish botanic book was writen on Tulip centuries before Mendel. The fact is that Tulip was smuggled as onion by some dutch merchants in 16th or 17th century inside a sarık(turban) where its name comes from because turks never used word "tulip" for "lale" and the tulips which were smuggled were not wild ones but engineered by palace and private lalezars (tulip cultivators) and where is the patent rights of developed europe for those cultivations... ops i forgot when it comes to them patent doesnt work( look for thermos)
