The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeSchama 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 tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies. "History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times "Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes |
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The foe outside must be withstood with our common resources and our common
might , for if you yield only slightly the sea will take all . ” Describing one such
emergency , he painted a picture of civic altruism and common purpose that ...
The foe outside must be withstood with our common resources and our common
might , for if you yield only slightly the sea will take all . ” Describing one such
emergency , he painted a picture of civic altruism and common purpose that ...
Pagina 64
It made provision for no common institutions of government , the States General
being empowered to enact only what ... Article V did provide for funds necessary
to fight the common war , and future Stadholders and Grand Pensionaries ( in ...
It made provision for no common institutions of government , the States General
being empowered to enact only what ... Article V did provide for funds necessary
to fight the common war , and future Stadholders and Grand Pensionaries ( in ...
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Their assumption was that abundance was a common , if unevenly distributed
patrimony , and that the middling and common people quite as much as the elite
needed warning of the dangers of drink and gluttony before they incurred the ...
Their assumption was that abundance was a common , if unevenly distributed
patrimony , and that the middling and common people quite as much as the elite
needed warning of the dangers of drink and gluttony before they incurred the ...
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Gebruikersrecensie - robeik - LibraryThingThis is a BIG book. Strap yourself in for a word and picture journey through the Netherlands of the 15th and 16th century. This is no history book; you are supposed to be somewhat familiar with it. An ... Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - jmoncton - LibraryThingSchama covers in amazing detail the culture and history of the Netherlands during the peak of its Golden Age in the seventeenth century. He provides great insight on some of the origins of the traits ... Volledige review lezen
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1988 |
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Fragmentweergave - 1987 |
The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the ... Simon Schama Fragmentweergave - 1987 |
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