Urban Achievement in Early Modern Europe: Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London

This innovative work in comparative urban history explores why outstanding achievements in material and intellectual culture in early modern Europe tended to cluster in certain maritime cities. Patrick O'Brien, his coeditors and eighteen distinguished historians from Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain, and North America, have collaborated to compare economic, architectural, artistic, publishing and scientific achievements in three European cities during their golden ages: Antwerp (c. 1492-1585), Amsterdam (c. 1585-1659) and London (c. 1660-1730). This study offers fascinating insights to scholars and students of economic, social and cultural history.

Author: Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/30/2008
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780521088879

About the Author
Wee, Herman Van Der: - BARON HERMAN VAN DER WEE is Emeritus Professor of Social and Economic History at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.O'Brien, Patrick: - PATRICK O'BRIEN is Centennial Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Convenor of the Programme in Global History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.Keene, Derek: - MARJOLEIN 'T HART is Lecturer in Social and Economic History at the University of Amsterdam.
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