Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch - Couverture souple

Bolt, Rodney

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1906042284 ISBN 13 : 9781906042288

Editeur : Oval Books, 2008

Synopsis

What makes the Dutch DUTCH: A guide to understanding the Dutch that goes beyond the tulips and windmills to reveal their very distinctive personality and peculiarities.

A propos du livre

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

It's all in your mind

The spirit of tolerance does constant battle with the ghost of Calvin for control of the Dutch psyche. Few Dutch people go to church anymore, but they don't need to. Inside every Hollander's head is a little pulpit containing a preacher with a wagging finger.



Going Dutch

This is the nation that once sold scrapers for getting the last remnants of the film of buttermilk from the inside of the bottle. The Dutch "think with their pockets." Parsimony is not an embarrassment, but a virtue.



Culture vultures

The Dutch are cultural magpies. They keep a beady eye on other people's cultural trends, and are swift to snap up sparkling new fashions. This means that rather than producing an indigenous culture, they have become voracious consumers of everybody else's-true Europeans, whose cultural fads and fancies know no borders. The Netherlands acts as a giant cultural sponge.



Double Dutch

For the Dutch, the other side of the question is as important as the question itself. Dialogue is the lubricant of tolerance, and the essential ingredient of dialogue is "Yes, but . . ."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oval Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906042284
• ISBN 13: 9781906042288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible