UID:
edocfu_9960800255502883
Format:
1 online resource (493 pages)
ISBN:
0-300-24529-7
Content:
The untold story of how the Dutch conquered the European book market and became the world's greatest bibliophiles The Dutch Golden Age has long been seen as the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, whose paintings captured the public imagination and came to represent the marvel that was the Dutch Republic. Yet there is another, largely overlooked marvel in the Dutch world of the seventeenth century: books. In this fascinating account, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen show how the Dutch produced many more books than pictures and bought and owned more books per capita than any other part of Europe. Key innovations in marketing, book auctions, and newspaper advertising brought stability to a market where elsewhere publishers faced bankruptcy, and created a population uniquely well-informed and politically engaged. This book tells for the first time the remarkable story of the Dutch conquest of the European book world and shows the true extent to which these pious, prosperous, quarrelsome, and generous people were shaped by what they read.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Prelude: Making Room for Books --
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CHAPTER ONE. Beginnings --
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CHAPTER TWO. A Poisonous Peace --
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CHAPTER THREE. News Cycles --
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CHAPTER FOUR. To the Ends of the Earth --
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CHAPTER FIVE. The Marketplace of Devotion --
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CHAPTER SIX. Schoolmaster Bartjens --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. The Life Academic --
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CHAPTER EIGHT. The Men on the Cushions --
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CHAPTER NINE. The Dangerous Pleasures of Leisure --
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CHAPTER TEN. Art and Power --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. Bookshop of the World --
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CHAPTER TWELVE. The Art of Collecting --
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Boundaries --
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Our Learned Friends --
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN. The Business Press --
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Golden Trade --
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Timeline --
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Endnotes --
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Bibliography --
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Illustrations --
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Acknowledgements --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-23007-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
DOI:
10.12987/9780300245295
