Amsterdam : a brief life of the city

Author(s)

• Mak, Geert
• Blom, Philipp

Bibliographic Information

Amsterdam : a brief life of the city

Geert Mak ; translated from the Dutch by Philipp Blom

Harvill Press, 1999

Other Title

Een kleine geschiedenis van Amsterdam

Note

Original title from t.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [326]-329

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Using diaries and eyewitness accounts the author of this text presents a portrait of Amsterdam through the ages: its bustling harbour, its grand houses, it slums, it wealth, its winters, insurrections, and the evolution of the mentality that shaped it.

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Details

• NCID: BB05062516
• ISBN:
  • 1860465986
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: dut
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 338 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 949.2352
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- History