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Rated Amsterdam: geschiedenis van de meest vrijzinnige stad ter wereld 6/10

No shocking new information for those familiar with Amsterdams history here but Shorto is a skilled writer and effortlessy weaves the stories of some of Amsterdams defining characters into the city's history and that of the modern world. His enthusiasm for his 'adoption city' is charming and makes this book an easy read but it also seems to inform a lot of his rather bold claims about the city's role in the defining of liberalism as the world knows it today. Interesting approach nonetheless, though somewhat overstretched at times.

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Published 2026-08-24 09:19 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere