Accounting for the past: 1650-2000
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Accounting for the past: 1650-2000
(Dutch culture in a European perspective, v. 5)
Royal Van Gorcum , Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Rekenschap: 1650-2000
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  Yamagata
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  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
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  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
"Originally published in Dutch as: Rekenschap: 1650-2000 by Sdu Publishers, The Hague , c2001"--T.p. verso
"Published in continental Europe by Royal Van Gorcum"--T.p. verso
"Published in the United Kingdom and throughout the World excluding continental Europe by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, ... "--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 371-394
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This, the fifth and final volume in the series, Dutch Culture in a European Perspective, contains a broad and expansive range of essays from a group of specialists, each dealing with a particular aspect of Dutch cultural history, and covering the period from 1650 to the present. Topics which are covered include the decline of the Dutch nation-state, Dutch colonial history, Dutch Calvinism, the emancipation of women, Literature, Art and Music, and Education.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- The Netherlands: A Historical Phenomenon
- Image and Counter-Image of the Colonial Past
- Religion and Secularization: The Continuing Iconoclastic Fury
- Tolerance and Democracy
- Battle for the Limelight: Gender, Culture and Politics in the Netherlands
- Town and Country: Work in Progress
- Education and Academic Training
- Literature
- Music and Musical Life
- Visual Arts: The Doom of the Golden Age
- The People Conquer the Media
- Lastingly Affluent, Constantly Tolerant? General Explanations for some Peculiarities of the Netherlands
- Conclusion
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