1616: The World in Motion
by Thomas Christensen
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Thomas Christensen illuminates the extravagant age of the early 17th century by focusing on a single riotous year. Woven with color images and artwork from the period, "1616" tells the surprising tales of the men and women who set the world on its tumultuous course toward modernity.Tags
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A very peculiar book, if compared to many other YEAR-books. A more apposite title would've been "The World In The First Quarter Of The XVII century". Be aware, if you're into one-year-history titles.
This is a gorgeous book with glossy pages and color photos interspersed every few pages. The book examines what happened everywhere in the world during the year 1616. Dip into it at any point and become engrossed in 17th century.
Good stuff, though lags toward the end.
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Thomas Christensen is the author of several books, most recently New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas. His translation of selected poems of Jos ngel Valente is forthcoming from Archipelago Press. He lives with his wife, Carol Christensen, in Richmond, California. For more information, visit www.rightreading.com/1616.
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- Original publication date
- 2012
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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