The Embarrassment of Riches

an interpretation of Dutch culture in the Golden Age

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698 pages 1987

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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.

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