The Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age
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The Netherlands in the Golden Age was almost unrecognisable compared with today, and yet, in some ways, it was not. Refugees sought a safe haven there, migrants did the heavy work and youngsters created a youth culture. Consumers wanted the latest fashions, investors bought shares and large shareholders made risky speculations.

The story of the seventeenth century is and remains a miracle. A hotchpotch of provinces revolted against the Spanish king and then, in a series of ups and downs, built a new state that developed into an experiment unlike anything the world had ever seen before. A society emerged that was ruled by its citizens, a society of unprecedented freedoms and myriad religions, ships that sailed the world over and trading posts from Indonesia to Brazil. Scientists unravelled the mysteries of nature and painters presented a new vision of reality.

So how should we regard such a miracle? 'The Dutch Golden Age' sees the Dutch seventeenth century, the Golden Age, as a gateway to today's modern times, a period in which the Netherlands, and Holland and Amsterdam in particular, became a laboratory that the world used for experimental research on globalisation, migration, tolerance, consumerism, investment and media hypes, and many other modern trends.

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  • : Hans Goedkoop, Kees Zandvliet
  • : Walburgpers Algemeen
  • : 9789057308901
  • : Engels
  • : Hardcover
  • : 192
  • : november 2012
  • : 1158
  • : 288 x 225 x 19 mm.
  • : 17e eeuw, ca. 1600 tot ca. 1699; Amsterdam; Geschiedenis van specifieke landen; Nederland; Sociale en culturele geschiedenis; Welvaartseconomie