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Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Door Mike Dash

Categorie	Bloemen & Planten
Boeknummer	#419518-VH8
Titel	Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
Auteur	Dash, Mike
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New York : Crown
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	060980765X
ISBN13	9780609807651
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe. In the 1630s, visitors to the prosperous trading cities of the Netherlands couldn't help but notice that thousands of normally sober, hardworking Dutch citizens were caught up in an extraordinary frenzy of buying and selling. The object of this unprecedented speculation was the tulip, a delicate and exotic Eastern import that had bewitched horticulturists, noblemen, and tavern owners alike. For almost a year rare bulbs changed hands for incredible and ever-increasing sums, until single flowers were being sold for more tha... (Lees verder)n the cost of a house. Historians would come to call it tulipomania. It was the first futures market in history, and like so many of the ones that would follow, it crashed spectacularly, plunging speculators and investors into economic ruin and despair. This colorful cast of characters includes Turkish sultans, Yugoslav soldiers, French botanists, and Dutch tavern keepers—all centuries apart historically and worlds apart culturally, but with one thing in common: tulipomania.
Pagina's	273
Conditie	Goed — Worn corners cover.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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