Título:
The edge of the world : a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe / [Michael Pye].
ISBN:
9781605986999
Autor personal:
Edición:
First Pegasus Books edition.
Información de publicación:
New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.
©2014
Descripción física:
394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Nota general:
Maps on endpapers.
Contenido:
The invention of money -- The book trade -- Making enemies -- Settling -- Fashion -- Writing the law -- Overseeing nature -- Science and money -- Dealers rule -- Love and capital -- The plague laws -- The city and the world.
Síntesis:
Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals.
DAK_OCLC_NUMBER:
ocn905495054
Disponibilidad:
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