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Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
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Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Amsterdam Architecture: A Guide. Books Nippan, 1996. From the Middle Ages to the late 20th century.
Bolt, Rodney. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden and the Hague. Macmillan, 1997. Background on Amsterdam's history, art, and architecture, as well as recommended walking tours.
Gauldie, Robin. Walking Amsterdam: Twenty-Five Original Walks in and around Amsterdam. 2nd ed. NTC, 1999. A walker's guide to the city's hidden secrets and idiosyncracies.
Mak, Geert. Amsterdam. Harvard University Press, 2000. A study of the origins and evolution of the Netherlands' most distinguished city.
Mak, Geert. Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City. Trans. Philipp Blom. Harvard University Press, 2000. A journalist's history of the city from the 12th century to the present.
Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age. Knopf, Vintage, 1987. 1997. Generously illustrated social history of a Calvinist people.
Van Os, Andre. Amsterdam. ABC-CLIO, 1997. A reference guide to the Netherlands' most fascinating city.
Wolf, Manfred, ed. Amsterdam. Whereabouts, 2001. An entertaining anthology of 20 stories by writers reflecting on their native city.
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Blom, J.C.H., and E. Lambert. History of the Low Countries. Trans. James C. Kennedy. Berghahn Books, 1999. A solid one-volume history, from Roman times to the present.
Dash, Mike. Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused. Crown, 2000. Popular history of the speculation in tulip bulbs in 17th-century Holland.
North, Michael. Art and Commerce in the Dutch Golden Age. Trans. Catherine Hill. Yale University Press, 1997, 1997. An examination of Dutch society and culture in the 17th century.
Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age. Knopf, Reprint, Vintage, 1987. 1997. Lively, illustrated social history.
Schama, Simon. Patriots and Liberators: Revolution in the Netherlands, 1780-1813. Knopf, Reprint, Vintage, 1977. 1992. Documents the calamities that befell the Dutch.
Westermann, Mariet. A Worldly Art: The Dutch Republic, 1585-1718. Abrams, 1996. Dutch life as shown through its art.
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