Amsterdam: A History of the World'S Most Liberal City [Audiobook] download free by Russell Shorto
- Listen audiobook: Amsterdam: A History of the World'S Most Liberal City
- Author: Russell Shorto
- Release date: 2015/7/13
- Publisher: VINTAGE
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780307743756
- Rating: 9.65 of 10
- Votes: 159
- Review by: Nataly Brogan
- Review rating: 8.99 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/22
- Duration: 4H31M53S in 256 kbps (71.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-09
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, Shorten, MP3, MP4, MPEG4, WAV, WMA (compression ZIP, RAR, CBC, TAR.LZO, TAR.7Z)
- Total pages original book: 357
- Includes a PDF summary of 38 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 29M17S (7.6 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography-the constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay and the democratic philosophy that this enduring struggle fostered. Amsterdam is the font of liberalism, in both its senses. Tolerance for free thinking and free love make it a place where, in the words of one of its mayors, 'craziness is a value.' But the city also fostered the deeper meaning of liberalism, one that profoundly influenced America: political and economic freedom. Amsterdam was home not only to religious dissidents and radical thinkers but to the world's first great global corporation. In this effortlessly erudite account, Russell Shorto traces the idiosyncratic evolution of Amsterdam, showing how such disparate elements as herring anatomy, naked Anabaptists parading through the streets, and an intimate gathering in a sixteenth-century wine-tasting room had a profound effect on Dutch-and world-history. Weaving in his own experiences of his adopted home, Shorto provides an ever-surprising, intellectually engaging story of Amsterdam.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Guidebooks, Social & Cultural History, European History
- Download servers: BitShare, Demonoid, Hotfile, Google Drive, UsersCloud, Mediafire. Compressed in ZIP, RAR, CBC, TAR.LZO, TAR.7Z
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 16.47 USD
- Dimensions: 133x209x20mm
- Weight: 381g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: United States
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