Tulipomania: The Story Of The World's Most Coveted Flower And The Extraordinary Passions It Aroused by Mike Dash

Tulipomania: The Story Of The World's Most Coveted Flower And The Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Mike Dash

298 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced
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In 1630s Holland thousands of people from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders were caught up in a literal frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was not oil or gold, but the tulip, a delicate and exotic bloom...

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