{"product_id":"venice-and-amsterdam-paperback","title":"Venice and Amsterdam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in a thoroughly revised second edition, Venice and Amsterdam is a comparative history of the elites of these two major cities in early modern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVenice and Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of comparative history which examines the elites or ruling groups of two major cities in early modern Europe. By describing these elites and their similarities and differences, Burke is able to illuminate the societies which gave rise to them and to analyze some of the broader changes which were taking place in the course of the seventeenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the lives of 563 individuals - the \u003ci\u003eprocuratori di San Marco\u003c\/i\u003e in Venice and the aldermen and burgomasters of Amsterdam - Burke examines the ways in which the elites recruited themselves, their wealth and their power; he describes their life-styles, their attitudes and values, and their tastes in the arts; and he analyzes their training from childhood via school and possibly university to their political apprenticeship. The lives of these elite individuals are related to changes which were taking place in Venice and Amsterdam and in the wider societies of which these cities were part.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn attempt to write 'total history' on a small scale, \u003ci\u003eVenice and Amsterdam\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplary study in comparative history. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Burke\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College, at the University of Cambridge. A sucessful author, his pblished works include \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 1993), and \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e (Polity, 1987).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.03 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706578899007,"sku":"9780745613246","price":42.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/70eaa40f1ea51fd209ae433201568812.webp?v=1765040973","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/venice-and-amsterdam-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}