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The edge of the world a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe
Tells the story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea, uncovering a lost history of a thousand years rife with saints, spies, pirates, philosophers, artists, and intellectuals.
| Main Author: | Pye, Michael, 1946- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Pegasus Books,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The invention of money
- The book trade
- Making enemies
- Settling
- Fashion
- Writing the law
- Overseeing nature
- Science and money
- Dealers rule
- Love and capital
- The plague laws
- The city and the world.