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

Name: Tulipomania The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
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ISBN: 9780609807651

ISBN-10: 060980765X

ISBN-13: 9780609807651

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Mike Dash

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In the 1630s, visitors to the prosperous trading cities of the Netherlands couldn't help but notice that thousands of normally sober, hardworking Dutch citizens from every walk of life were caught up in an extraordinary frenzy of buying and selling. The object of this unprecedented speculation was the tulip, a delicate and exotic Eastern import that had bewitched horticulturists, noblemen, and tavern owners alike. For almost a year rare bulbs changed hands for incredible and ever-increasing sums, until single flowers were being sold for more than the cost of a house. Historians would come to call it tulipomania. It was the first futures market in history, and like so many of the ones that…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

He is the author of the critically acclaimed TULIPOMANIA and two other books. He is the former editorial director of the Fortean Times. A Cambridge educated historian before he became a writer, his articles have been published in the Guardian and the Observer, and he appears frequently on television in the UK.



Map of the United Provinces of the Netherlands


A Note on Prices



A Mania for Tulips



The Valleys of Tien Shan



Within the Abode of Bliss



Stranger from the East



Clusius



Leiden



An Adornment to the Cleavage



The Tulip in the Mirror



Florists



Boom



At the Sign of The Golden Grape



The Orphans of Wouter Winkel



Bust



Goddess of Whores



At the Court of the Tulip King



Late Flowering


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index