Schama, Simon - Schama, Simon-The Embarrassment of Riches
| Schrijver: | Schama, Simon |
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| Titel: | Schama, Simon-The Embarrassment of Riches |
| ISBN: | 0394510755 |
| Uitgever: | Knopf, New York, 1987 |
| Bijzonderheden: | Gebonden, met stofomslag, in goede staat. |
| Prijs: | € 12,50 |
| Verzendkosten: | € 3,50 (binnen Nederland) |
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The embarrassment of riches, an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age, by Simon Schama, a book that set a standard for its discipline; it throbs with life on every page.
At the apogee of its powers in the seventeenth century, Holland was a tiny island of prosperity in a sea of want. Its homes were well-furnished and fanatically clean; its citizens feasted on 100-course banquets and speculated fortunes on new varieties of tulip. Yet, in the midst of plenty, the Dutch were ill at ease. In this brilliantly innovative book--which launched his reputation as one of our most perspicacious and stylish historians--Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of a nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in dread of being corrupted by its happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates, in precise and loving detail, a nation's mental furniture. 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. |
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