The Tulip : the story of a flower that made men mad
Pavord, Anna
The Tulip : the story of a flower that made men mad / Anna Pavord - Great Britain : Bloomsbury , c1999. - 439 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
The New York Timesbestseller and international publishing sensation. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage: it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behavior, mirrors economic booms and busts, and plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources.
9781582340135
Flowers
Plants, cultivated
Tulips----History
635.9 PAV
The Tulip : the story of a flower that made men mad / Anna Pavord - Great Britain : Bloomsbury , c1999. - 439 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliography and index.
The New York Timesbestseller and international publishing sensation. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip from a wild flower of the Asian steppes to the worldwide phenomenon it is today. No other flower has ever carried so much cultural baggage: it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behavior, mirrors economic booms and busts, and plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources.
9781582340135
Flowers
Plants, cultivated
Tulips----History
635.9 PAV
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