Urban Achievement in Early Modern Europe: Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521088879)

This innovative work in comparative urban history explores why outstanding achievements in material and intellectual culture in early modern Europe tended to cluster in certain maritime cities. Patrick O'Brien, his coeditors and eighteen distinguished historians from Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain, and North America, have collaborated to compare economic, architectural, artistic, publishing and scientific achievements in three European cities during their golden ages: Antwerp (c. 1492-1585), Amsterdam (c. 1585-1659) and London (c. 1660-1730). This study offers fascinating insights to scholars and students of economic, social and cultural history.

Author: Patrick O'Brien
ISBN-10: 0521088879
ISBN-13: 9780521088879
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2008
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d