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Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch
nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an
unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of
being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period
documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re-creates in
precise detail a nation''s mental state. He tells of bloody
uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague
of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators.
He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were
slandered by their enemies.
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