Title & Author:

Urban achievement in early modern Europe : golden ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam, and London / edited by Patrick O'Brien [and others].

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Description:

xiv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reflections and mediations on Antwerp, Amsterdam and London in their golden ages / Patrick O'Brien -- 'No town in the world provides more advantages': economies of agglomeration and the golden age of Antwerp / Michael Limberger -- Clusters of achievement: the economy of Amsterdam in its golden age / Clé Lesger -- The economy of London, 1660-1730 / Peter Earle -- Antwerp in its golden age: 'one of the largest cities in the Low Countries' and 'one of the best fortified in Europe' / Piet Lombaerde -- The glorious city: monumentalism and public space in seventeenth-century Amsterdam / Marjorlein ʼT Hart -- Architecture and urban space in London / Judi Loach -- The fine and decorative arts in Antwerp's golden age / Hans Vlieghe -- The rise of Amsterdam as a cultural centre: the market for paintings, 1580-1680 / Marten Jan Bok -- Cultural production and import substitution: the fine and decorative arts in London, 1660-1730 / David Ormrod -- Antwerp: books, publishing and cultural production before 1585 / Werner Waterschoot -- Metropolis of print: the Amsterdam book trade in the seventeenth century / Paul Hoftijzer -- Printing, publishing and reading in London, 1660-1720 / Adrian Johns -- Science for sale: the metropolitan stimulus for scientific achievements in sixteenth-century Antwerp / Geert Vanpaemel -- Amsterdam as a centre of learning in the Dutch golden age, c. 1580-1700 / Karel Davids -- Philosophers in the counting-houses: commerce, coffee-houses and experiment in early modern London / Larry Stewart.
Dust jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521594081 (hbk.)
9780521594080 (hbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns Europe Growth History.
Villes Europe Croissance Histoire.
Cities and towns Growth
Economic history
Intellectual life
Kulturleben
Wirtschaft
Boom
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Wetenschap.
Kunst.
Economische groei.
Boekwezen.
Cidades (crescimento e desenvolvimento) Europa.
Intelectualidade Europa.
Cities and towns Europe History.
Urban economics Europe History.
Europe Economic conditions 16th century.
Europe Economic conditions 17th century.
Europe Economic conditions 18th century.
Europe Intellectual life.
Europe Intellectual life 17th century.
Europe Intellectual life 18th century.
Europe Conditions économiques 16e siècle.
Europe Conditions économiques 17e siècle.
Europe Conditions économiques 18e siècle.
Europe Vie intellectuelle 17e siècle.
Europe Vie intellectuelle 18e siècle.
Europe Vie intellectuelle.
Europe
Amsterdam
Antwerpen
London
Europa (CondiÇÕes EconÔmicas) Século 16.
Europa (CondiÇÕes EconÔmicas) Século 17.
Europa (CondiÇÕes EconÔmicas) Século 18.
Europe, Western Intellectual life.
Europe, Western Economic conditions 16th century.
Europe, Western Economic conditions 17th century.
Europe, Western Economic conditions 18th century.
London (England) History
Antwerp (Belgium) History
Amsterdam (Netherlands) History.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

O'Brien, Patrick Karl.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216865
Call No.: HT131 .U7 2001
Status: Available