Tulipmania : money, honor, and knowledge in the Dutch golden age /

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In the 1630's 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 story—how otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had (and much that they didn't) on tu...

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Money, honor, and knowledge in the Dutch golden age
1. Verfasser:
Goldgar, Anne
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
In the 1630's 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 story—how otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had (and much that they didn't) on tulip bulbs. We have heard how these bulbs changed hands hundreds of times in a single day, and how some bulbs, sold and resold for thousands of guilders, never even existed. Tulipmania is seen as an example of the gullibility of crowds and the dangers of financial speculation. But it wasn't like that. As Anne
Umfang:
1 online resource (458 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-397) and index.
ISBN:
0226201265
9786611956882
9780226301266
0226301265
9781281956880
1281956880
9780226301303
0226301303
Schlagworte:
Tulip Mania, 1634-1637.
Social values > Netherlands > History > 17th century.
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