'The Embarrassment of Riches' Foodstuffs

'The Embarrassment of Riches' FoodstuffsSchama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama re creates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of

with each property expressing its own personality through regional traditions

Beginning in the 1850s

This Cameo can be worn as a Pendant or a Brooch

the Munsees finally emigrated to reservations in Wisconsin

Shown are many buildings that no longer exist: the boarding homes

that set of established practices and expectations that guide the way people get along with one another and relate to ruling authorities

In striking counterpoint to these analyses

and sponsor of a black migration to the West

Historic Huguenot Street

When she came to New York in 1686 with her husband and set up a shop

this book is at once a fascinating introduction to a remarkable past and a much-needed new look at the Dutch role in the region

and prominent suffragists like Lucy Stone