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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama Publisher Comments In a brilliantly inventive work, bestselling author Simon Schama 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. Drawing on a vast... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused by Mike Dash Publisher Comments In the 1630s, visitors to the prosperous trading cities of the Netherlands couldn't help but notice that thousands of normally sober, hardworking Dutch citizens from every walk of life were caught up in an extraordinary frenzy of buying and selling. The... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century by Maarten Prak Publisher Comments Charting the political, social, economic and cultural history of the Dutch Golden Age.... (read more) Your price: $31.95 New - Trade Paper
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Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam (Modern Jewish Experience) by Miriam Bodian Publisher Comments In the 17th century, descendants of forcibly baptized Jews (conversos) fled the Iberian Inquisitions to settle in Amsterdam, a city renowned for its commercial ties and religious tolerance. Miriam Bodian reconstructs the fascinating story of these... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cracking Under Pressure: Narratives of Decline in the Amsterdam Squatters' Movement by Lynn Owens Publisher Comments Social movements excite and energize their participants in their early phases, with expectations high and ambitions yet unchecked by reality. Consequently, the academic study of social movements has focused primarily on the stages of mobilization and... (read more) Your price: $65.25 New - Hardcover
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History of United Netherlands 1584 to 1586 by John Lothrop Motley Publisher Comments The Queen was disappointed, but stood firm. She had been slow in taking her resolution, but she was unflinching when her mind was made up. Instead of retreating from her, position, now that it became doubly dangerous, she advanced several steps nearer... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Revolt of Netherlands, V1 by Friedrich Schiller Publisher Comments A state constituted like this could act and endure with gigantic energy whenever pressing emergencies called forth its powers and a skilful and provident administration elicited its resources. Charles V. bequeathed to his successor an authority in these... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tulipmania (07 Edition) by Anne Goldgar Publisher Comments In the 1630s the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the outline of the storyhow otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Matters of Exchange: Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age by Harold J. Cook Publisher Comments In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce (not religion) inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Cook... (read more) List Price $46.75 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs and the Belgianisation of Europe by Paul Belien Publisher Comments In 1817 the great powers installed Leopold of Saxe- Coburg as king of Belgium ? a new, artificial state inhabited by Catholic Dutch in the North, and French- speaking Walloons in the South. Belgium is often compared to multilingual Switzerland, but... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Revolt of Netherlands, V2 by Friedrich Schiller Publisher Comments The example and success of Antwerp gave the signal of opposition to all the other towns for which a new bishop was intended. It is a remarkable proof of the hatred to the Inquisition and the unanimity of the Flemish towns at this date that they preferred... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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The South Pole by Roald Amundsen Publisher Comments Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Meanwhile we had brought all our things as far as possible into a place... (read more) Your price: $20.50 New - Trade Paper
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A Key to Dutch History by Committee For The Development Of The Dut Publisher Comments Many think they know the legends behind tulipmania and the legacy of the Dutch East India Tea Company, but what basic knowledge of Dutch history and culture should be passed on to future generations? A Key to Dutch History and its resulting overview of... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Rise of the Dutch Republic by John Lothrop Motley Synopsis The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. Without the birth of this great commonwealth the various historical phenomena of: the sixteenth and following centuries must have either not existed; or... (read more) Your price: $49.50 New - Trade Paper
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A History of the Low Countries (Palgrave Essential Histories) by Paul Arblaster Publisher Comments This is the first full historical survey of the Benelux area (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) to be written in English. Paul Arblaster describes the whole sweep of the history of the Low Countries, from Roman frontier provinces, through medieval... (read more) Your price: $115.95 New - Hardcover
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In the Belgian Chateau: The Spirit and Culture of a European Society in an Age of Change by Renee C. Fox Publisher Comments The house of Belgium and its many houses-institutional and personal, literal and metaphoric-captured in a blend of social and cultural analysis that offers a microcosm of European society since World War II. Sensitive, perceptive, revealing, and... (read more) Your price: $24.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century: The Golden Age by Maarten Prak Publisher Comments This book charts the political, social, economic and cultural history of the Dutch Golden Age.... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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A History of the Low Countries (Palgrave Essential Histories) by Paul Arblaster Publisher Comments This is the first full historical survey of the Benelux area (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) to be written in English. Paul Arblaster describes the whole sweep of the history of the Low Countries, from Roman frontier provinces, through medieval... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Luxembourg: The Clog-Shaped Duchy: A Chronological History of Luxembourg from the Celts to the Present Day by Andrew Reid Publisher Comments Luxembourg is one of Europe's smallest states, yet it is rich in history and boasts a glorious past of emperors, knights, castles and faith. In modern times it has endured foreign occupation and partition before becoming a modern state in the nineteenth... (read more) Your price: $16.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt by Graham Darby Publisher Comments The Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the sixteenth century was a formative event in European history. This important volume brings together the latest scholarship from leading experts in the field, to illuminate why the Dutch revolted, the way events... (read more) Your price: $136.25 New - Hardcover
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