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Author Coates, Ben, author.

Title Why the Dutch are different : a journey into the hidden heart of the Netherlands / Ben Coates.

Publication Info. London : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2015.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1730303~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  949.2 COA    AVAILABLE
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Description 294 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-291).
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.
Subject Netherlands -- Civilization.
National characteristics, Dutch.
Netherlands -- History.
Netherlands -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 9781857886337
185788633X
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