Tulipomania : The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Dash, Mike

ISBN 10: 0575067233 / ISBN 13: 9780575067233

Edité par Victor Gollancz (edition First Edition), 1999

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With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

N° de réf. du vendeur 0575067233-11-1-29

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tulipomania : The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
• Éditeur: Victor Gollancz (edition First Edition)
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0575067233
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780575067233
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

This is the story of the first great stock market boom in history. In 1630s Holland there was a frenzy over an exotic bloom newly imported from the East: the tulip. Over three years, rare tulip bulbs changed hands for sums that would have bought a house in Amsterdam: a single bulb sold for more than #300,000 at today's prices. Finally, there was a horrendous crash and prices collapsed overnight, ruining thousands. A historian with a special interest in mass hysteria, Mike Dash recreates the Holland of the 17th century and follows a couple of families who were deeply involved in the mania.

À propos de l?auteur

Mike Dash read history at Cambridge and received his PhD from the University of London. He now works as a writer and magazine publisher.