Amsterdam
A History of the World's Most Liberal City
$24.30
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2014
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 |
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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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