Merchants and Marvels - Commerce, Science, and Art in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)

These sixteen fascinating essays investigate how political, economic and material changes in the sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe also transformed the perception of nature, ideas about science, art and technology. Topics include:
* the Dutch tulip-mania of 1637
* alchemy and commercial exchange in the Holy Roman Empire
* the role of merchants in the origins of the Wunderkammer
* and Spanish sea charts and territorial claims.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	1998
Editors:	Pamela Smith • Paula Findlen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-92815-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Atomic & molecular physics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Chemical physics Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology > General
LSN:	0-415-92815-X
Barcode:	9780415928151

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