The Bookshop of the World: Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age

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Synopsis
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.“Book history at its best.” —Robert Darnton, New York Review of Books“Compelling and impressive.” —THES (Book of the Week)“An instant classic on Dutch book history.” —BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review
Copyright:
2019

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780300245295
Related ISBNs:
9780300230079
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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