Matters of Exchange : Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age / Harold J. Cook
2007, First Edition. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #395093
ISBN: 9780300117967
Physical description; 562 pages : 60 b-w illus. Notes; Finalist, Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, 2008. Contents; Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Worldly Goods and the Transformations of Objectivity -- 2. An Information Economy -- 3. Reformations Tempered -- 4. Commerce and Medicine in Amsterdam -- 5. Truths and Untruths from the Indies -- 6. Medicine and Materialism -- 7. Industry and Analysis -- 8. Gardens of the Indies Transported -- 9. Translating What Works -- 10. The Refusal to Speculate -- 11. Conclusions and Comparisons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; 1600-1699. 16th-17th centuries. Medicine Netherlands History 17th century. Science Netherlands History 17th century. International trade Health aspects History 16th century. International trade Health aspects History 17th century. Discoveries in science Netherlands History 16th century. Discoveries in science Netherlands History 17th century.
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