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100 1  Shorto, Russell. 
245 10 Amsterdam :|ba history of the world's most liberal city /
       |cRussell Shorto. 
250    First Edition. 
264  1 New York :|bDoubleday,|c[2013] 
300    357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :|billustrations 
       (some color), color maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  A bicycle trip -- The water problem -- The alteration -- 
       The company -- The liberal city -- "The rare happiness of 
       living in a republic" -- Seeds of influence -- The two 
       liberalisms -- "We inform you of the action of a powerful 
       German force" -- The magic center. 
520    Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung
       brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it
       for its legal brothels and hash bars; art lovers know it 
       for Rembrandt's glorious portraits. But the deeper history
       of Amsterdam, what makes it one of the most fascinating 
       places on earth, is bound up in its unique geography--the 
       constant battle of its citizens to keep the sea at bay--
       and the democratic philosophy that this enduring struggle 
       fostered. Amsterdam is the font of liberalism, in both its
       senses. Tolerance for free thinking and free love make it 
       a place where, in the words of one of its mayors, 
       "craziness is a value." But the city also fostered the 
       deeper meaning of liberalism, one that profoundly 
       influenced America: political and economic freedom. 
650  0 Liberalism|zNetherlands|zAmsterdam|xHistory. 
651  0 Amsterdam (Netherlands)|xHistory.