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AMSTERDAM: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIBERAL CITY
de SHORTO, RUSSELL
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385534574
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534574
- Librería
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Durham, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
NY: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. first edition,1p; 13579108642pt line. Hardcover. 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.7 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S28.95) DUST JACKET ..gift note & names on endpaper "To Lily, my fabulous god-daughter, May you become enlightened about the gifts that Amsterdam gave to the rest of the world is still giving. Love Trudy" " OW CLEAN,.., SOLID, BRIGHT; Silver spine title on blue spine strip...black hard covers..Map of Amsterdam endpapers....DJ shows zig zag photos of city near water.. dj inner back flap has 2x2" photo of author..; 368 pages; deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography-the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay and the democratic philosophy that this enduring struggle fostered. Amsterdam is the font of liberalism, in both its senses. Tolerance for free thinking and free love make it a place where, in the words of one of its mayors, "craziness is a value." .
Sinopsis
Russell Shorto is author, most recently, of Descartes’ Bones and The Island at the Center of the World and is a contributing writer at the The New York Times Magazine . His books have been published in fourteen languages and have won numerous awards. From 2008 to 2013, he was the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam.
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- Librería
- Wonderful Books by Mail
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 128440
- Título
- AMSTERDAM: A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIBERAL CITY
- Autor
- SHORTO, RUSSELL
- Ilustrador
- Glossy Photo Section...color plates of great art..
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- first edition,1p; 13579108642pt line
- ISBN 10
- 0385534574
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534574
- Editorial
- Doubleday
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Palabras clave
- Europe, Netheralnds, Holland, Amsterdam, Dutch, HISTORY, Culture, Philosophy
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