The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden AgeCollins, 1987 - 698 pagina's This text explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. |
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Pagina 134
... later . As far as the common reaction to whales is concerned , though , the political and military chronology is more important than the economic history . For while whales were stranded at earlier and later dates , it was between 1570 ...
... later . As far as the common reaction to whales is concerned , though , the political and military chronology is more important than the economic history . For while whales were stranded at earlier and later dates , it was between 1570 ...
Pagina 144
... later the company's monopoly was virtually set aside in favor of a free - for - all by limiting its ventures to twenty per year . As demand expanded it was high - risk traders who took it up in what , by Dutch standards , were huge ...
... later the company's monopoly was virtually set aside in favor of a free - for - all by limiting its ventures to twenty per year . As demand expanded it was high - risk traders who took it up in what , by Dutch standards , were huge ...
Pagina 358
... later ; a Scipio bought for fl . 800 sold weeks later for fl . 2,200 . Such cases could be multiplied indefinitely.115 Before long , payment was made in kind , partly as a reflection of down- market customers who could offer more in the ...
... later ; a Scipio bought for fl . 800 sold weeks later for fl . 2,200 . Such cases could be multiplied indefinitely.115 Before long , payment was made in kind , partly as a reflection of down- market customers who could offer more in the ...
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