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The Embarrassment of Riches

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"In high summer, Amsterdam smells of frying oil, shag tobacco and unwashed beer glasses."
866 pages
~14h 26min to read
Published 1987 Gallimard 2 views
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2070717291, 9782070717293, 9025405142, 9025466095, 000217801X, 0394510755, 078610936X, 9780786109364
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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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