Cheat Sheet: Amsterdam (Book)
<p>A book by American journalist Russell Shorto, who also wrote <em>New York City, The Island at the Center of the World</em>.</p>
<p>Dutch provinces were part of Holy Roman Empire, which according to Voltaire, was “neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.”</p>
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<h1>Amsterdam</h1>
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<p>“People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.” — James Baldwin</p>
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<li>An ingrained commitment to openness. The first truly modern free-trading culture.</li>
<li>A city historically famed for championing tolerance now seems to be charting old new frontiers of intolerance (conservatives, lockdowns).</li>
<li>The canal belt is 17th century heart of the city.</li>
<li>The <em>Ij</em> (pronounced “aye”) — an inland harbour. Streets named after famous persons: <em>Vincent van Goghstraat, Rembrandtplein, Beethovenstraat, Rubenstraat, Bachstraat.</em></li>
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