郁金香热=Tulipomania : The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused

Hundreds of thousands Dutch were involved in a crazy trade fashion in the 1830s. There were millionaire businessmen and street peddlers as well. What they speculated on was not oil or gold but Tulip, an exotic and elegant flower introduced from the Far East. This book vividly reveals the golden times of the Dutch Republic through depicting the unrestrained prosperity and the ensuing devastating collapse.