Title:
The embarrassment of riches : an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
1987
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1987.
New York : Distributed by Random House
Physical Description:
xiii, 698 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780006861362
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Introduction: The Batavian temperament -- Part one: Becoming. Moral geography -- Patriotic scripture -- Part two: Doing and not doing. Feasting, fasting and timely atonement -- The impertinence of survival -- The embarrassment of riches -- Part three: Living and growing. Housewives and hussies: homeliness and worldliness -- In the republic of children -- Part four: Watersheds. Inside, outside.
Language:
English
