The edge of the world : a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe / Michael Pye.
Pye, Michael, 1946- author.
2015
D117 .P94 2015 (Mapit)
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Title The edge of the world : a cultural history of the North Sea and the transformation of Europe / Michael Pye.
Author Pye, Michael, 1946- author.
Edition First Pegasus Books edition.
ISBN 9781605986999 hardcover
1605986992 hardcover
Published New York : Pegasus Books, 2015.
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 394 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Call Number D117 .P94 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.1
909.07
Summary 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.
Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-376) and index.
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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.

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