Venice and Amsterdam - Softcover

Burke, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745613241 ISBN 13: 9780745613246

Verlag: Polity Press, 1994

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Book by Burke Peter

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Críticas:

'His book is most enjoyable and should appeal not only to the historian but to the interested visitor of these two beautiful cities.' The Guardian

Reseña del editor:

"Venice and Amsterdam" is a work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. By describing these elites and their similarities and differences, Burke is able to illuminate the societies which gave rise to them and to analyze some of the broader changes which were taking place in the course of the seventeenth century. Focusing on the lives of 563 individuals - the procuratori di San Marco in Venice and the aldermen and burgomasters of Amsterdam - Burke examines the ways in which the elites recruited themselves, their wealth and their power; he describes their life-styles, their attitudes and values, and their tastes in the arts; and he analyzes their training from childhood via school and possibly university to their political apprenticeship. The lives of these elite individuals are related to changes which were taking place in Venice and Amsterdam and in the wider societies of which these cities were part. An attempt to write 'total history' on a small scale, "Venice and Amsterdam" is an exemplary study in comparative history. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition.

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• Verlag: Polity Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0745613241
• ISBN 13: 9780745613246
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 206
• Herausgeber: Leigh Sue