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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. <i>The Embarrassment of Riches</i> is a book that set a standard for its discipline; it throbs with life on every page.
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Overvloed en onbehagen, Simon Schama
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
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- Untertitel
- De Nederlandse cultuur in de Gouden Eeuw
- Sprache
- Niederländisch
- Autor*innen
- Simon Schama
- Verlag
- Uitgeverij Contact
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2006
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 682
- ISBN10
- 9025466095
- ISBN13
- 9789025466091
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst, Ökonomie, Kunstgeschichte, Geschichte Europas, 17. Jahrhundert
- Beschreibung
- 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. <i>The Embarrassment of Riches</i> is a book that set a standard for its discipline; it throbs with life on every page.