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The edge of the world : a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe / Michael Pye.

By: Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, [2015]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First Pegasus Books editionDescription: 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map on end pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781605986999
  • 1605986992
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.07
LOC classification:
  • D117.A2 P94 2015
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.
Summary: An epic adventure ranging from the terror of the Vikings to the golden age of cities: Michael Pye tells the amazing story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Pye, Michael, 1946- Edge of the world

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-376) and index.

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.

An epic adventure ranging from the terror of the Vikings to the golden age of cities: Michael Pye tells the amazing story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea.

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