Amsterdam

Description:

As the subtitle says, this is a history of the world's most liberal city. To put it more to the point, it is about the world's most liberal capitalist city, a city that has been so from its early beginnings. The author takes us through the length of its history in a light breezy style that he uses to turn a heavy subject into easy, enjoyable, rewarding reading.

subjects: world's first stock exchange,  ethnic diversity,  Dutch East India Company,  marijuana,  the Spanish/Portuguese inquisition,  religious freedom,  Dutch West India Company,  the Jewish migration,  tolerance,  Liberalism,  History,  Netherlands, history,  Amsterdam (netherlands),  New York Times reviewed,  Libéralisme,  Histoire

People: Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677),  Peter Stuyvesant,  Theo van Gogh,  Van Gogh,  Rembrandt,  Vermeer,  John Locke

Places: New Amsterdam,  Auschwitz,  Anne Frank,  Jewish Amsterdam

Times: the years 1200 to 2013