Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age

Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9789085550426
ISBN-13 : 9085550424
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Book Synopsis Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age by : Derek L. Phillips

Download or read book Well-being in Amsterdam's Golden Age written by Derek L. Phillips and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This captivating volume paints a broad portrait of daily life in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Taking the reader into the heart of the Dutch Golden Age, Derek Phillips uses a wide variety of sources in order to provide a wealth of domestic detail: from how people washed their clothes and cooked their meals to how they lived, married, and raised their children. Well-Being in Amsterdam's Golden Age covers the terrain of merchants' offices, regents' drawing rooms, and servants' quarters through a range of multidisciplinary perspectives, revealing the processes linking equality and well-being in seventeenth-century Amsterdam and beyond.


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