‘Discovering the Dutch’ – revised and enlarged edition
What are the most salient and sparking facts about the Netherlands? The new revised and enlarged edition of Discovering the Dutch tackles the heart of the question of Dutch identity through a number of essential themes that span the culture, history and society of the Netherlands.
Running the gamut from the Randstad to the Dutch Golden Age, from William of Orange to Anne Frank, this volume uses a series of vignettes written by academic experts in their fields to address historical and contemporary topics such as immigration, tolerance, and the struggle against water, as well as issues of culture – painting, literature, architecture, and design among them.
All chapters are written by academic experts in their fields who have extensive experience in explaining the many features of ‘Dutchness’ to a foreign audience. Each chapter comes to life in vignettes that illustrate characteristic historical figures or essential aspects in Dutch culture and society from William of Orange and Anne Frank to Dutch cheese and the inevitable coffeeshop.
The book contains contributions by the following Humanities scholars from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ:
- Wiljan van den Akker
- Rosemarie Buikema
- Rob Dettingmeijer
- Ido de Haan
- Duco Hellema
- Ghislain Kieft
- Marjo van Koppen
- Sonja de Leeuw
- Wijnand Mijnhardt
- Marco Mostert
- Maarten Prak
- Frans Ruiter
- Wilbert Smulders
- Quirine van der Steen
- Iris van der Tuin
- Jan Luiten van Zanden
- Emmeline Besamusca (ed.)
- Jaap Verheul (ed.)
Title: Discovering the Dutch. On Culture and Society of the Netherlands
Author(s): Emmeline Besamusca, Jaap Verheul (eds.)
isbn: 9789089647924
Price: € 39,95
Publisher: 2014,