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Author: Harold J. Cook
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In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commerce—not religion—inspired the rise of science in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Harold J. Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his conclusions are fresh and exciting. He uncovers direct links between the rise of trade and commerce in the Dutch Empire and the flourishing of scientific investigation.
Cook argues that engaging in commerce changed the thinking of Dutch citizens, leading to a new emphasis on such values as objectivity, accumulation, and description. The preference for accurate information that accompanied the rise of commerce also laid the groundwork for the rise of science globally, wherever the Dutch engaged in trade. Medicine and natural history were fundamental aspects of this new science, as reflected in the development of gardens for both pleasure and botanical study, anatomical theaters, curiosity cabinets, and richly illustrated books about nature. Sweeping in scope and original in its insights, this book revises previous understandings of the history of science and ideas.
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- Print Length: 576 pages
- Publisher: Yale University Press (April 28, 2007)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0015H202S
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I've long admired the Dutch Golden Age, but Harold Cook's work made many new connections for me, showing strong connections between developments in science, art, philosophy, commerce, and politics. It is unfortunate that so many of the key works of the era are still available only in Dutch or Latin, and Cook's work opened this English-speaking reader's eyes to many significant authors. Much appreciated.
By Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.
The book gets a second star for the undoubted wealth of factual information contained within in, useful for purposes of reference. However, as a work either of historical scholarship or of popular history, "Matters of Exchange" falls badly short. In academic terms, the book is a compendium of raw data but the author's main arguments seldom shine through - one is left wading through anecdote after anecdote relating to one or another obscure historical personages. Only at the very end, in an abbreviated epilogue, is there any attempt to synthesise together the mass - or more accurately, morass - of data into a coherent thesis. As a piece of popular history, it is simply too long and too dense to make for entertaining reading. I would recommend Lisa Jardine's "Going Dutch" as a superior alternative that covers much of the same ground but in a more lucid and compelling fashion.
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