Why the Dutch are different a journey into the hidden heart of the Netherlands
| Main Author: | Coates, Ben, 1982- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Nicholas Brealey Publishing,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Water, water, everywhere: windmills, climate change and the battle against the tides
- The religious divide: carnivals, Catholics and the war against Spain
- The Golden Age: empire, slavery and the rise of Amsterdam
- Fire and ashes: the Nazi destruction of the Netherlands
- Total football: Feyenoord, Ajax and the pride of a nation
- Mosques on the Maas: immigration, Islam and murder
- Anything goes: sex, drugs and the tradition of tolerance
- Epilogue: going Dutch.