The embarrassment of riches
Subtitle: an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age
By: Simon Schama.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 698
Subjects: Netherlands  -- Civilization  -- 17th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [623]-670.