Title: Amsterdam
Description: As the subtitle says, this is a history of the world's most liberal city. To put it more to the point, it is about the world's most liberal capitalist city, a city that has been so from its early beginnings. The author takes us through the length of its history in a light breezy style that he uses to turn a heavy subject into easy, enjoyable, rewarding reading.
Subjects: world's first stock exchange, ethnic diversity, Dutch East India Company, marijuana, the Spanish/Portuguese inquisition, religious freedom, Dutch West India Company, the Jewish migration, tolerance, Liberalism, History, Netherlands, history, Amsterdam (netherlands), New York Times reviewed, Libéralisme, Histoire
Places: New Amsterdam, Auschwitz, Anne Frank, Jewish Amsterdam
People: Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677), Peter Stuyvesant, Theo van Gogh, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Vermeer, John Locke
Time periods: the years 1200 to 2013