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Culture and Customs of the Netherlands (Culture and Customs of Europe) - Hardcover

Roney, John B.

 
9780313348082: Culture and Customs of the Netherlands (Culture and Customs of Europe)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0313348081 ISBN 13: 9780313348082
Verlag: Greenwood, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

Roney (history, Sacred Heart U., Fairfield, Connecticut) presents an introductory overview of the culture and customs of the Netherlands, for students and general readers. Through eight chapters, Roney examines the geography, people, and history of the country; religious choices and philosophies; social and lifestyle issues regarding health and social welfare, tolerance for problems and controversial issues (prostitution and sex trade, euthanasia, reproductive rights, sexual orientation choices, drugs), family, gender, and education; holidays and leisure; housing; cuisine and fashion; literature from the medieval and Renaissance periods to the present day; performing arts and media; and the country's rich visual arts history. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs and maps, the text also includes a chronology of key events from Medieval Netherlands to 2009. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

JOHN B. RONEY is a scholar of European history and teaches in the Department of History at Sacred Heart University. His areas of research focus on the smallest states in Europe that have managed to remain independent, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, since the Renaissance. The place of religion in society has been of particular interest, as well as the study of how historians have written about history. He regularly teaches these areas together with the wider fields of Medieval to Modern France.



JOHN B. RONEY is a scholar of European history and teaches in the Department of History at Sacred Heart University. His areas of research focus on the smallest states in Europe that have managed to remain independent, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, since the Renaissance. The place of religion in society has been of particular interest, as well as the study of how historians have written about history. He regularly teaches these areas together with the wider fields of Medieval to Modern France.

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Verlag
Greenwood
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0313348081
ISBN 13 
9780313348082
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
223
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