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Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World

Timothy Brook

Start date: December 1, 2012

Finish date: January 1, 2013

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Aug 13, 2009 Paul rated it it was amazing

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I've been meaning to read this book since I first heard the author on the ever-excellent EconTalk podcast a few years ago (an episode I highly recommend), and I was not disappointed by the contents - this is an excellent examination of the growing forces of globalization in the 17th century (and to some extent the late 16th century). Though I do find the device of viewing everything through the lens of a series of works of art a bit cheap and unnecessary, the stories told more than make up for t ...more

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