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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age Softcover - 1988

by Schama, Simon

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Fontana Press, London, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. preface and introduction by author, notes, a bibliographic guide to the history of Dutch "Mentalite", list of illustrations and index. The text is illustrated with copious black-and-white reproductions art work and the occasional black-and-white photograph. Colour illustrated cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and blue and black coloured titles to the backstrip. " In this brilliant work that moves far beyond the conventions of social or cultural history, Simon Schama investigates the astonishing case of a people's self-invention: how, in the seventeenth-century, a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities, without a shared language, religion or government, transformed themselves into a formidable world empire -- the Dutch Republic." -- From the rear panel blurb. Creasing of the book corners and the front edge has started to curl. Fading of the back strip and to the left hand edge of the front panel. Age toning of the text block edges and panels. Previous owners sticker to the top right hand corner of the half title page. Second Edition. Size: Trade Paperback. (11), XII-XII, (4), 4 698 (4) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; 17th Century; ISBN: 0520061470. ISBN/EAN: 9780520061477. Inventory No: 0289051. . 9780520061477
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The author of Citizens presents an exhaustive, lively history of life in seventeenth-century Holland, the height of Dutch influence, culture, and affluence, accompanied by more than one hundred black-and-white reproductions and illustrations.

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In high summer, Amsterdam smells of frying oil, shag tobacco and unwashed beer glasses.

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