1997, ISBN: 9780679781240

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Vintage], SIMON SCHAMA - THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES - AN INTERPRETATION OF DUTCH CULTURE IN THE GOLDEN AGE - VINTAGE - NEW YORK 1987 - XIII, 698 SEITEN, m. zahlr.… Mehr…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Vintage], SIMON SCHAMA - THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES - AN INTERPRETATION OF DUTCH CULTURE IN THE GOLDEN AGE - VINTAGE - NEW YORK 1987 - XIII, 698 SEITEN, m. zahlr. s/w-Abb. - DAS EXEMPLAR WIE ABGEBILDET IST WIE NEU, UNBENUTZT UND UNGELESEN - KEINE HANDSCHRIFTLICHEN EINTRÄGE, MARKIERUNGEN ODER BESITZVERMERKE - GERINGFÜGIGE LAGERSPUREN MÖGLICH - SORGFÄLTIGER VERSAND - LIEFERZEIT/ BRD ca. 7 TAGE nach Zahlungseingang (manchmal schneller) - ANFRAGEN WERDEN GERN BEANTWORTET! (h43) This is the book that made Simon Schama’s reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. In this brilliant work that moves far beyond the conventions of social or cultural history, Simon Schama investigates the astonishing case of a people’s self-invention. He shows how, in the 17th-century, a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities, without a shared language, religion or government, transformed themselves into a formidable world empire – the Dutch republic. 'A great historical banquet by a master of the subject.' Barbara W. Tuchman ‘Simon Schama writes with grace and wit, and his enthusiasms are contagious.’ Anita Brookner ‘Schama is one of the few historians writing today who can recreate the mentalité of another culture.’ Jonathan Miller ‘One reads it all with mounting enjoyment and at the end one’s sense of Dutch civilisation in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen is not just salted and enriched – but remade.’ Robert Hughes ‘This is history on the grand scale, and like all generously conceived historical works leaves us reflecting about the present as well as the past.’ John Gross, New York Times ‘Seldom has a people opened its doors so wide. A performance on the epic scale.’ Independent Simon Schama was born in London in 1945 and educated at Cambridge University, where from 1966 to 1976 he was a Fellow of Christ’s College. He is now Old Dominion Professor of Humanities at Columbia University and one of the mo, DE, [SC: 4.80], wie neu, privates Angebot, ca. 23 x 17 x 3,5 cm, XIII, 698 Seiten, [GW: 1010g], [PU: New York], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Geschichte/Politik / Neuzeit]<

1997, ISBN: 9780679781240

Paperback, All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include t… Mehr…

Paperback, All pages and cover are intact. Possible slightly loose binding, minor highlighting and marginalia, cocked spine or torn dust jacket. Maybe an ex-library copy and not include the accompanying CDs, access codes or other supplemental materials., Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage]<

1997, ISBN: 0679781242

[EAN: 9780679781240], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage, New York], HISTORY., Softcover 1997 edition. Text and covers in fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (698 … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780679781240], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage, New York], HISTORY., Softcover 1997 edition. Text and covers in fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (698 pages), Books<

1997, ISBN: 0679781242

[EAN: 9780679781240], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Vintage], Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed, Books