false 431668 12 For history buffs or gardeners who enjoy more than just digging in the dirt, <I>Tulipomania</I> presents a fascinating look at the tulip frenzy that took place in Holland in the mid-1600s. Beginning as gifts given among the wealthy and educated folk of Europe and Asia, the tulip rapidly became a source of incredible financial gain--similar to today's Internet start-up companies or Beanie Baby collections. Stories of craftsmen discontinuing their trade and focusing on raising tulips for public auction, where they sold for prices comparable to that of a manor house, are astonishing. Poets, moralists, businessmen--it seems everyone was involved at some level. <p> Lack of regulation and poor quality control were just a couple of the details that led to the abrupt crash in February 1637. Tulipomania was the original market bust--people were ruined, debts went unpaid. It was a disaster similar to the stock-market crash of 1929. A brief resurrection of the mania occurred 65 years later in Istanbul, and while it was not the financial obsession Holland experienced, it led to the creation of standards in flower shape and increased the development of new types. You don't need to be obsessed to enjoy this book--an interest in tulips, history, and the futures market ensures that this will be a remarkable read. <I>--Jill Lightner</I> 420638 1999 Tulipomania : The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused total:136|5:23|4:49|3:53|2:11|1:0| 136 492 221 32 431668 060980765X 9780609807651 126 30 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174695805m/431668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431668.Tulipomania_The_Story_of_the_World_s_Most_Coveted_Flower_the_Extraordinary_Passions_It_Aroused 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jun 08 05:31:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:52:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 431668 060980765X 9780609807651 126 30 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174695805m/431668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431668.Tulipomania_The_Story_of_the_World_s_Most_Coveted_Flower_the_Extraordinary_Passions_It_Aroused 5 1 false Sun Jul 06 05:10:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 05:11:56 -0700 2008 original speculative boom and bust.

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The book was an interesting read for me because I never knew I could be interested in Tulip, or plan...more...]]> 431668 060980765X 9780609807651 126 30 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174695805m/431668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431668.Tulipomania_The_Story_of_the_World_s_Most_Coveted_Flower_the_Extraordinary_Passions_It_Aroused 2 0 false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 08:29:42 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:03:51 -0800 2009 431668 060980765X 9780609807651 126 30 3.62 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174695805m/431668.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/431668.Tulipomania_The_Story_of_the_World_s_Most_Coveted_Flower_the_Extraordinary_Passions_It_Aroused 3 0 false Sun May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 13:03:53 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 14:03:21 -0700 2008
But also very interesting, especially if you are interested in the Ottoman Empire or 17th Century Holland.

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