Embarrassment of Riches
An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
by Simon Schama
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"Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. 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."--Amazon
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Civilization, History, Anthropology, Benelux countries, Dutch, Wealth, New York Times reviewed, KulturPlaces
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
December 8, 1997, Vintage
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Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
September 1988, Univ of California Pr
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in English
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The embarrassment of riches: an interpretation of dutch culture in the golden age
1987, Knopf
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"In high summer, Amsterdam smells of frying oil, shag tobacco and unwashed beer glasses."
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"In high summer, Amsterdam smells of frying oil, shag tobacco and unwashed beer glasses."
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This text 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.
Examines seventeenth-century Dutch life, history, and culture.
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