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- catalog abstract ""In this examination of Amsterdam's soul - part history, part travel guide - the Dutch writer Geert Mak imaginatively depicts the lives of early Amsterdammers and traces the city's progress from a small town of merchants, sailors, farmers, and fishermen to a thriving metropolis. Mak's Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and magnificent monuments, but also of civil wars, uprisings, and bloody religious purges. In his journey through the city and through time, Mak displays an eye for the bizarre and the unexpected: a Rembrandt sketch of a young girl executed for manslaughter; the shoe of a medieval lady unearthed during a remodeling project; a graffito foretelling the city's doom on the wall of a mansion, daubed by a deranged burgomaster with his own blood." "Amsterdam remains a magnet for travelers from around the world, and this charmingly detailed account of its origins and its history through the present day is designed to help the reader step into daily life in a truly modern city."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam. English".
- catalog contributor b11704305.
- catalog coverage "Amsterdam (Netherlands) Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Amsterdam (Netherlands) History.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this examination of Amsterdam's soul - part history, part travel guide - the Dutch writer Geert Mak imaginatively depicts the lives of early Amsterdammers and traces the city's progress from a small town of merchants, sailors, farmers, and fishermen to a thriving metropolis. Mak's Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and magnificent monuments, but also of civil wars, uprisings, and bloody religious purges.".
- catalog description "In his journey through the city and through time, Mak displays an eye for the bizarre and the unexpected: a Rembrandt sketch of a young girl executed for manslaughter; the shoe of a medieval lady unearthed during a remodeling project; a graffito foretelling the city's doom on the wall of a mansion, daubed by a deranged burgomaster with his own blood." "Amsterdam remains a magnet for travelers from around the world, and this charmingly detailed account of its origins and its history through the present day is designed to help the reader step into daily life in a truly modern city."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-329) and index.".
- catalog description "The beautifully constructed house -- Bread and stones -- The enemy -- Towards a new Jerusalem -- The joy of God's wrath -- Insiders and outsiders -- The ice age explained -- The fire palace -- The last stop of train 1537 -- The years of moral panic.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 338 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0674003314 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng dut".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Amsterdam (Netherlands) Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Amsterdam (Netherlands) History.".
- catalog subject "949.2/352 21".
- catalog subject "DJ411.A55 M3513 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "The beautifully constructed house -- Bread and stones -- The enemy -- Towards a new Jerusalem -- The joy of God's wrath -- Insiders and outsiders -- The ice age explained -- The fire palace -- The last stop of train 1537 -- The years of moral panic.".
- catalog title "Amsterdam / Geert Mak ; translated by Philipp Blom.".
- catalog title "Kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam. English".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".