Amsterdam by Russell Shorto - ISBN: 9780349000022
Paperback
A thousand years of history: Amsterdam’s freedom, influence, and vibrant life.

Amsterdam

A History of the World's Most Liberal City

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    13 May 2014

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Summary

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have. Sweeping across the city’s colourful thousand year history, Amsterdam will bring the place to life: its sights and smells; its politics and people.

Concentrating on two significant periods - the late 1500s to the mid 1600s and then from the Second World War to the present, Russell Short…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349000022
ISBN-10:0349000026
Author:Russell Shorto
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:13 May 2014
Weight:370g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 27mm
About The Author

Russell Shorto

Russell Shorto is an American author, historian and journalist. His books have been published in nine languages and he is the contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam.

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