About this title: In the hands of award-winning historian Brook, Vermeer's dazzling paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought--from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the 17th century, when the world first became global.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Date Published: 2008-12-23
ISBN-13:9781596915992ISBN:1596915994
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Date Published: 2007-12-26
ISBN-13:9781596914445ISBN:1596914440
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Date Published: 2007-12-26
ISBN-13:9781596914445ISBN:1596914440
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781596914445ISBN:1596914440
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Description: Fine; Collectible. Collectible stated 1st US Edition (2008 HC), 1st printing with 10 full numberline. new book condition with very minor shelfwear on dj. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781596914445ISBN:1596914440
Description: New in New dust jacket. 1596914440. New stated first U.S. edition, first printing partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.3 Inches; In the hands of an award-winning historian, Vermeer's dazzling paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought, from Delft to Beijing, were transformed in the seventeenth century, when the world first became global. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780670067855ISBN:0670067857
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0670067857. Canadian first edition, first printing. Published by Viking Canada in 2008. Contains numberline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Back of jacket has a light crease to bottom left corner. Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. The book itself is in Fine condition with no scratches. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. read more
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"This was absolutely my kind of book. The author examines the intricacies of seventeenth-century international economics and trading patterns, through "windows" of Vermeer paintings and a few other pieces of art. Just my kind of eclectic, interdisciplinary exploration. The title caught my eye when The Freeman reviewed it, as Vermeer is my favorite Dutch artist, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book."
"This is the way great nonfiction is done--the reader is allowed to tag along as the author follows his interests; wonderful when they match my interests and expand them. I learned how global the global economy was in the time of the Dutch Masters."
"Not exactly what I expected from the dust jacket, but an interesting read nonetheless that focuses heavily on China and early global (read: European) trade with China especially the Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese."
"This is a fantastic book getting across the best of the new historiography of world history. Perhaps the use of the paintings doesn't really work to hold it all together, but it does let Professor Brook range widely, and that is what is key to putting a human face on the fact that the globe came together so amazingly in the 16th and 17th centuries.
I spend 10 lectures badly trying to do what Professor Brook accomplishes in this book: show the crossing of borders, the way that our human story has become a totally interconnected one."
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