Tulipomania The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused |
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| Author:
| Dash, Mike |
| ISBN: | 978-0-609-60439-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2000 |
| Publisher: | The Crown Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Crown |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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Historian Mike Dash traces the story of the tulip from its origins on the Turkish steppes to its infamous role as the object of frenzied financial speculation in the original futures market of 17th-century Holland. Detailed and thoroughly entertaining, Tulipomania stands to become the definite account of one of the most bizarre incidents in the history of money, markets, or just plain human affairs.
Historian Mike Dash traces the story of the tulip from its origins on the Turkish steppes to its infamous role as the object of frenzied financial speculation in the original futures market of 17th-century Holland. Detailed and thoroughly entertaining, Tulipomania stands to become the definite account of one of the most bizarre incidents in the history of money, markets, or just plain human affairs.