The History of The Netherlands (Complete)
Author: John Lothrop Motley
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published:
Total Pages: 6647
ISBN-13: 1465541853
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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.
The Netherlands in a Nutshell
Author: Frits van Oostrom
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9089640398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVijftig tijdperken, gebeurtenissen en personen die bepalend zijn geweest voor het beeld van de geschiedenis van Nederland vanaf de vroegste tijden tot heden.
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.
A History of the Netherlands
Author: Friso Wielenga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1472569628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBooks offering an overview of Dutch history are few and far between in the English-speaking world. Friso Wielenga's A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day fills this gap. It offers a modern, integrated outline of Dutch history from the period in which the country took shape as a geographical, administrative and political entity and undermines the presumption that Dutch history since the 16th century was characterised by political consensus and religious toleration. Domestic and foreign politics take pride of place, interwoven with the broad lines of economic and cultural developments, as Wielenga uses the Netherlands' geographical location and its international relations to better understand the partially tumultuous past and present of this small land on the North Sea. A History of the Netherlands provides an authoritative, comprehensive in-depth survey and will be of great value to students of modern European history.
The History of the Netherlands
Author: Thomas Colley Grattan
Publisher:
Published: 1831
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
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An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800–1920
Author: Michael Wintle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-09-21
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 113942856X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800–1920 provides a comprehensive account of Dutch history from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, examining population and health, the economy, and socio-political history. The Dutch experience in this period is fascinating and instructive: the country saw extremely rapid population growth, awesome death rates, staggering fertility, some of the fastest economic growth in the world, a uniquely large and efficient service sector, a vast and profitable overseas empire, characteristic 'pillarization', and relative tolerance. Michael Wintle also examines the lives of ordinary people: what they ate, how much they earned, what they thought about public affairs, and how they wooed and wed. This book will be of central importance to Dutch specialists, as well as European historians more generally.
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.
A Financial History of the Netherlands
Author: Marjolein C. 't Hart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-09-11
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 0521581613
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History of the Low Countries
Author: J. C. H. Blom
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2006-06
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 1845452720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the smaller European countries is rather neglected in the teaching of European history at university level. We are therefore pleased to announce the publication of the first comprehensive history of the Low Countries - in English - from Roman Times to the present. Remaining politically and culturally fragmented, with its inhabitants speaking Dutch, French, Frisian, and German, the Low Countries offer a fascinating picture of European history en miniature. For historical reasons, parts of northern France and western Germany also have to be included in the "Low Countries," a term that must remain both broad and fluid, a convenient label for a region which has seldom, if ever, composed a unified whole. In earlier ages it as even more difficult to the region set parameters, again reflecting Europe as a whole, when tribes and kingdoms stretched across expanses not limited to the present states of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Nevertheless, its parts did demonstrate many common traits and similar developments that differentiated them from surrounding countries and lent them a distinct character. Internationally, the region often served both as a mediator for and a buffer to the surrounding great powers, France, Britain, and Germany; an important role still played today as Belgium and the Netherlands have increasingly become involved in the broader process of European integration, in which they often share the same interest and follow parallel policies. This highly illustrated volume serves as an ideal introduction to the rich history of the Low Countries for students and the generally interested reader alike.
