This is the book that made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. A historical masterpiece, it is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen.
In this brilliant work that moves far beyond the conventions of social or cultural history, Simon Schama investigates the astonishing case of a people's self-invention.
He shows how, in the 17th-century, a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities, without a shared language, religion or government, transformed themselves into a formidable world empire - the Dutch republic.
- ISBN10 0394510755
- ISBN13 9780394510750
- Publish Date 12 June 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House USA Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Language English