| The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age Contributor(s): Prak, Maarten (Author), Webb, Diane (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0511817312 ISBN-13: 9780511817311 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $191.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
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| Publisher Description: Maarten Prak charts the political, social, economic and cultural history of the Golden Age through chapters that range from the introduction of the tulip to the experience of immigrants and Jews in Dutch society, the paintings of Vermeer and Rembrandt, and the ideas of Spinoza. He sets the Dutch experience within a European context and examines the extent to which the Golden Age was a product of its own past or the harbinger of the more modern, industrialized and enlightened society of the future. This accessible study will prove invaluable reading to anyone interested in Dutch history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Prak, Maarten: - Maarten Prak is Professor of Social and Economic History at Utrecht University. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including Early Modern Capitalism (2000).Webb, Diane: - Diane Webb is a translator specialising in the fields of history and art. |