The History of the Netherlands
Author: Thomas Colley Grattan
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Published: 1831
Total Pages: 318
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The History of Holland
Author: Mark T. Hooker
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1999-08-30
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHolland was once a superpower upon whose empire the sun never set. Today it is on the leading edge of social change. This history of Holland, from its earliest beginnings to the present day, provides the most up-to-date survey of modern Dutch history, including the current Dutch approach to a number of social issues, such as the welfare state, the environment, socialized medicine, and the role of the military in the post-Cold War world. Containing a wealth of current information and statistics, this work will help the reader to understand the Dutch both within the historical context in which Holland exists and as world leaders in social change as we approach the twenty-first century. This engagingly written history provides a contemporary overview of Holland's geography, economy, political system, and society. Chapters arranged chronologically trace the history and culture of the nation from the Ice Age to the new post-Cold War world. Chapters on recent Dutch history show how Holland has claimed a leading role in social change: the Dutch have authorized euthanasia, socialized medicine, and legalized soft drugs. A selection of brief biographical sketches will introduce the reader to many of the important Dutch personalities throughout Holland's history, and a bibliographical essay will help the researcher to locate recommended books and other materials for further reading.
A Short History of the Netherlands
Author: P. J. A. N. Rietbergen
Publisher: Vanderheide Publishing Company
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9789061094401
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe development of the Netherlands over the centuries has been a remarkable one. Situated at "the end of Europe," between land and water, its people have, for more than three thousand years, fought to make the best of a country unfavoured by nature. They have shaped it into one of the world's foremost economic powers but also, and even more importantly, into a society that prides itself on having reached a fair balance between material and social well-being. The history of this achievement is a fascinating one. Since time immemorial, it is the history of the struggle against the sea, of man seeking to dominate the forces of water. It is the history of the early medieval Dutch traders, who travelled all over Europe to sell their wares. It is the history of the activities ofthe world's first multinationals, the Dutch East and West India Companies, that spanned the entire globe. It is also the history of the loss of colonial empire and of the triumphant rebuilding of a mainly commercial economy into a mainly industrial one, whose activities, once again, span the globe. It is, of course, also the history of a culture to match, of commonsense and realism, of the wonderful works of art produced by the Dutch "Golden Age" of the seventeenth century and of the many attainments of Dutch civilization in more recent years. For all those who are often amazed at the industry and achievementsof this small nation, the "Short History of the Netherlands" offers a succinct historical tale that goes a long way to elucidate the country's past and, thus, explain its present.
Holland on the Hudson
Author: Oliver A. Rink
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780801495854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHolland on the Hudson traces the history of New Netherland from Henry Hudson's exploration of the region in 1609 to the surrender of the Dutch colony to an English fleet in 1664. Oliver A. Rink's approach is both narrative an analytic as he describes in detail the colony's commercial origins, its social and economic development, and the colonists' rivalry with the English in the New World.
A Concise History of the Netherlands
Author: James C. Kennedy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-07-13
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 0521875889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive yet compact history of this surprisingly little-known but fascinating country, from pre-history to the present.
A History of Brewing in Holland, 900-1900
Author: Richard W. Unger
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive history of brewing in Holland follows the changes in technology and extensive government regulation which created a thriving industry before the Golden Age, a declining one in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and then a revival in the era of industrialization.
The Dutch in the Early Modern World
Author: David Onnekink
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-06-06
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1107125812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an overview of early modern Dutch history in global context, focusing on themes that resonate with current concerns.
History of Holland
Author: George Edmundson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-06-13
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 1107660890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1922 book presents an account of the development of the Netherlands, from the Burgundian period up until the reign of Queen Wilhelmina.
Innocence Abroad
Author: Benjamin Schmidt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-11-12
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780521804080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInnocence Abroad explores the encounter between the Netherlands and the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Holland House
Author: Linda Kelly
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2013-02-12
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0857721550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSituated in the heart of London's Holland Park are the remains of Holland House-the site of what was once England's most celebrated political salon. In the first thirty years of the nineteenth century -when the Whig party were almost constantly out of office-the home of the third Lord Holland became the unofficial centre of the Opposition. Devoted to the ideals of Charles James Fox-the prominent Whig statesman who was also Lord Holland's uncle-and enriched by the progressive views of a new generation of writers,critics and politicians,the influence of Holland House permeated the political climate. Combining politics and the arts,the salon attracted the greatest names of the age-Byron, Thomas Macaulay, Talleyrand and Madame de Stael all dined at Holland House. At a time when revolutions threatened to engulf Europe, the Whig tradition of aristocratic liberalism-avoiding the extremes of radicalism and reaction-proved to be one of the chief factors in the peaceful achievement of parliamentary reform,epitomised by the Great Reform Act of 1832. The embodiment of this tradition was Holland House. The salon was presided over by Lady Holland-a magnetic hostess. Beautiful and clever she had left her much-older husband, Sir Godfrey Webster,to marry Lord Holland and as a result was ostracised in many London drawing rooms. But in Holland House, society would come to her. Lady Holland was in the thick of Whig discussions, occasionally following her own political line.She had a special passion for Napoleon and sent him over a thousand books in St Helena. Occupying a key position in the political and cultural life of the age, Holland House was a unique and important force at a time of great political change. Linda Kelly brings to life the colourful world of Holland House, providing a vivid portrait of London's greatest political salon.
