This extraordinary book, first published in 1987, has already
become accepted as a classic of historical writing. It examines the
progress of a loosely connected group of farming, fishing and
shipping communities, living in a flat and watery landscape,
without a common language or religion or even a shared government,
into that dynamic power, the Dutch Republic. By the examination of
all manner of materials from cookery books and scrubbing brushes to
Jan Steen's Tavern Scene and Nicholas Maes's Maid Peeling Parsnips,
Schama succeeds in reconstructing the collective personality of the
Dutch in the 17th century. (Kirkus UK)
This is the book that made Simon Schama’s reputation when first
published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account
of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. In
this brilliant work that moves far beyond the conventions of social
or cultural history, Simon Schama investigates the astonishing case
of a people’s self-invention. He shows how, in the 17th-century,
a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities,
without a shared language, religion or government, transformed
themselves into a formidable world empire – the Dutch republic.
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