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Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
Anne Goldgar
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Description for Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
Paperback. In 1630s, the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as history would have it, folly. The author lays waste to the legends, revealing that while the 1630s did see a speculative bubble in tulip prices, neither the height of bubble nor its bursting were anywhere near as dramatic as we tend to think. Num Pages: 446 pages, 13 colour plates, 69 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
In the 1630s, the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the outline of the story - how otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had (and much that they didn't) on tulip bulbs. We have heard how these bulbs changed hands hundreds of times in a single day, and how some bulbs, sold and resold for thousands of guilders, never even existed. Tulipmania is seen as an example of the gullibility of crowds and the dangers of financial speculation.But it wasn't like ... Read more
In the 1630s, the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as popular history would have it, folly. We all know the outline of the story - how otherwise sensible merchants, nobles, and artisans spent all they had (and much that they didn't) on tulip bulbs. We have heard how these bulbs changed hands hundreds of times in a single day, and how some bulbs, sold and resold for thousands of guilders, never even existed. Tulipmania is seen as an example of the gullibility of crowds and the dangers of financial speculation.But it wasn't like ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
646g
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226301266
SKU
V9780226301266
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99-25
About Anne Goldgar
Anne Goldgar is a reader in early modern history at King's College London. She is the author of Impolite Learning: Conduct and Community in the Republic of Letters, 1680-1750.
Reviews for Tulipmania: Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
Goldgar tells us at the start of her excellent debunking book: 'Most of what we have heard of [tulipmania] is not true.'... She tells a new story. - Simon Kuper, Financial Times