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What are the most salient and sparking facts about the Netherlands? This updated 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 ŸDutchnessŒ 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.

History of civilization --- Netherlands --- Civilization. --- HISTORY / General.

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"What is a face and how does it relate to personhood? Approaching Facial Difference: Past and Present offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the many ways in which faces have been represented in the past and present, focusing on the issue of facial difference and disfigurement read in the light of shifting ideas of beauty and ugliness. Faces are central to all human social interactions, yet their study has been much overlooked by disability scholars and historians of medicine alike. By examining the main linguistic, visual and material approaches to the face from antiquity to contemporary times, contributors place facial diversity at the heart of our historical and cultural narratives. This cutting-edge collection of essays will be an invaluable resource for humanities scholars working across history, literature and visual culture, as well as modern practitioners in education and psychology."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

History of civilization --- Face --- Face perception. --- Differentiation.

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"Eeuwenlang bleef alles min of meer hetzelfde in de Nederlandse tuin, maar vanaf de zeventiende eeuw buitelden de ontwikkelingen over elkaar heen: er werden uitheemse planten gekweekt en nieuwe technieken ontwikkeld. Aan de hand van het leven en werk van hoveniers en kwekers verhaalt historicus Lenneke Berkhout over de fascinerende veranderingen in het tuinieren. Zo beschrijft ze hoe een briljante meesterhovenier aan het Oranjehof het beheer kreeg over de Engelse koninklijke tuinen. Ze vertelt over een avontuurlijke tuinmanszoon die naam maakte met het kweken van rijpe bananen en een aanstelling kreeg als botanisch directeur van Schloss Schönbrunn in Wenen, over internationale handelsnetwerken, over hoe de tulpenkoorts de een stinkend rijk maakte en een ander failliet liet gaan, over eigenzinnige tuinarchitecten en plichtsgetrouwe tuinbazen in dienst van de adel. 'Hoveniers en tuinbazen' is een heerlijke geschiedenis vol bloeiende tuinen, weelderige parken en royale kassen - maar het beschrijft ook het einde van een tijdperk." Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.

Tuinieren --- Cultuurgeschiedenis --- Plant husbandry --- History of civilization --- gardening

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History of civilization --- cultuurgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- 909 --- volksleven --- 950 --- slaap --- criminaliteit geschiedenis --- histoire culturelle

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Portraits de lettrés qui ont travaillé pour la publicité, d'E. Zola à S. Guitry en passant par L.-P. Fargue ou R. Desnos. Les contributeurs évoquent leurs motivations et la façon dont ils ont géré cet écart entre les exigences artistiques et les travaux mercantiles.

History of civilization --- Sociology of literature --- Literature (General) --- littérature --- écrivain --- publicité