LEADER 03840nam 22006494a 450 001 9910777809003321 005 20230124182632.0 010 $a1-281-73477-2 010 $a9786611734770 010 $a0-300-13492-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300134926 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473590 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000199366 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169254 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199366 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185461 035 $a(PQKB)10187371 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420341 035 $a(DE-B1597)485605 035 $a(OCoLC)1024051650 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300134926 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420341 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210224 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173477 035 $a(OCoLC)923592414 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473590 100 $a20060816d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMatters of exchange$b[electronic resource] $ecommerce, medicine, and science in the Dutch Golden Age /$fHarold J. Cook 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 562 p.) )$cill., maps, ports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-11796-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 473-535) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Worldly Goods and the Transformations of Objectivity --$t2. An Information Economy --$t3. Reformations Tempered --$t4. Commerce and Medicine in Amsterdam --$t5. Truths and Untruths from the Indies --$t6. Medicine and Materialism --$t7. Industry and Analysis --$t8. Gardens of the Indies Transported --$t9. Translating What Works --$t10. The Refusal to Speculate --$t11. Conclusions and Comparisons --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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 Harold J. Cook scrutinizes a wealth of historical documents relating to the study of medicine and natural history in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, Brazil, South Africa, and Asia during this era, and his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. 606 $aScience$zNetherlands$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aMedicine$zNetherlands$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aNetherlands$xCommerce$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aScience$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory 676 $a509.492/09032 686 $aNN 4020$2rvk 700 $aCook$b Harold John$01005649 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777809003321 996 $aMatters of exchange$93728132 997 $aUNINA