The Embarrassment of Riches. An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age - Simon Schama
an interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age
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The Embarrassment of Riches. An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age is een boek van Simon Schama. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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1987Uitgever: New York, Alfred A. Knopf698 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0394510755ISBN-13: 9780394510750Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tel...
