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Tulipmania : money, honor, and knowledge in the Dutch golden age / Anne Goldgar.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldgar, Anne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- Manners and customs.
- Social values.
- History.
- Economic conditions.
- Netherlands--Economic conditions--17th century.
- Netherlands.
- Tulip Mania, 1634-1637.
- Social values--Netherlands--History--17th century.
- Netherlands--Social life and customs--17th century.
- Netherlands--Social conditions--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 425 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Money, honor, and knowledge in the Dutch golden age
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Throughout this bracing history, Goldgar writes elegantly about everything from intellectual communities to the economics of speculation to the beauty of tulips themselves. Far more than simply dispelling myths, this extensively research history brings the Dutch Golden Age to life.
- Contents:
- Something strange
- Art & flowers
- Bloemisten
- Grieving money
- Bad faith
- Epilogue: Cabbage fever.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-397) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226301259
- 0226301257
- OCLC:
- 76897793
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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