Dutch-American Relations, 1945-1969
Author: Hans Loeber
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13:
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Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations
Author: Hans Krabbendam
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2009-09-09
Total Pages: 1200
ISBN-13: 9781438430133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.
Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands
Author: Joop W. Koopmans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-11-05
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 1442255935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Kingdom of the Netherlands is a small, but heavily populated country with almost 17 million inhabitants. It is one of the last kingdoms in Europe and in 2015 it celebrated its 200 years anniversary. The Netherlands became a kingdom after the Napoleonic era. During this period it was transformed into a centralized state. Before those years it had been one of few republics in Europe for about two centuries. That state was a confederacy, which emerged in the 1580s during its independence struggle against the Spanish Habsburgs. Although the present state is still monarchial, the Netherlands functions as a modern constitutional democracy, in which the king’s position is almost comparable with a ceremonial presidency. The majority of the Dutch population, however, appreciates the hereditary political presence of the House of Orange-Nassau, regarding this dynasty as a symbol of national unity and connection with the country’s past. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Netherlands.
Dutch Enterprise in the 20th Century
Author: Keetie E. Sluyterman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1134268629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to summarise the twentieth century economic history of the Netherlands from a business history perspective. It has a broad historical coverage of Dutch business development including in particular the major multinationals such as Philips, Shell, and Unilever. Although focused on Dutch business it has a strong international flavour.
Networks of Empire
Author: Giles Scott-Smith
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9789052012568
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExchange programmes have been a part of US foreign relations since the nineteenth century, but it was only during and after World War II that they were applied by the US government on a large scale to influence foreign publics in support of strategic objectives. This book looks at the background, organisation, and goals of the Department of State's most prestigious activity in this field, the Foreign Leader Program. The Program (still running as the International Visitor Leadership Program) enabled US Embassies to select and invite talented, influential 'opinion leaders' to visit the United States, meet their professional counterparts, and gain a broad understanding of American attitudes and opinions from around the country. By tracking the operation of the Program in three key transatlantic allies of the United States a full picture is given of who was selected and why, and how the target groups changed over time in line with a developing US-European relationship. The book therefore takes a unique in-depth look at the importance of exchanges for the extension of US 'informal empire' and the maintenance of the transatlantic alliance during the Cold War.
The Shock of America
Author: David Ellwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Published: 2012-07-19
Total Pages: 599
ISBN-13: 0198228791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ambitious, original book describing a century of Europe coping with America: its inventions, personalities, films, armies, business, and politics. These decades reveal how much emotional energy Europeans invested in finding their own ways to reconcile tradition and modernity under the pressure of the ever-evolving American challenge.
The European Productivity Agency and Transatlantic Relations, 1953-1961
Author: Bent Boel
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9788772896731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe European Productivity Agency (EPA) was initially designed as a means to "Americanize" Western Europe through the transfer of American techniques, know-how and ideas to the Old Continent. It increasingly became a framework within which the member countries sought "European" solutions to their problems. This study of the EPA sheds new light on the nature of European cooperation and transatlantic relations in the 1950s as well as on the changes these relations underwent during the early postwar period.
Americanism and Americanization
Author: Mel van Elteren
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2006-09-28
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 078642785X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the current state of foreign affairs, the terms "Americanism" and "Americanization" sometimes take on an unexpected--and an unflattering--connotation. Americanism essentially involves values, beliefs, ideals, goods and practices in local settings outside the United States that are in some way related or attributed to American influence. While the validity of this influence may be under scrutiny, it requires a detailed historical--and sometimes cultural--analysis to understand all the dynamics and implications of Americanization. A variety of factors contributes to this influence, including the preoccupation and reception of the relevant culture itself. For instance, many European countries have at times demonstrated a preoccupation with all things American which was not necessarily swayed by any action of America itself. The overall actualization of Americanization, however, encompasses a number of societal dimensions, including power differentials in the exchange processes concerned. Informed by a history of relevant developments since the early nineteenth century, this volume presents an in-depth critical analysis of the Americanization process. Beginning with a survey of early European preoccupations with things American, the book goes on to discuss European concerns regarding American influence after World War II. The work then looks at Americanism and its influence within the United States itself, especially regarding developments during the New Deal and beyond. The primary goal of the analysis is the construction of an interpretative framework, allowing for a more balanced approach to the study of Americanism abroad. Written from a critical, social-emancipatory perspective, the author's approach blends economic, military, social, political, cultural and psychological dimensions as well as an examination of the ways in which these areas interact. Finally, Americanism is examined as part of a U.S.-style corporate globalization at the current juncture. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The Europeanisation of National Foreign Policy
Author: Ben Tonra
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-02-05
Total Pages: 459
ISBN-13: 1351766198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2001. This study questions whether the development of foreign and security policy co-operation within the EU has constrained or empowered Danish, Dutch and Irish foreign policy. This entails a study of the relationship between national foreign policy and EU frameworks for co-operation.
Harm Reduction
Author: James A. Inciardi
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1999-10-11
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780761906889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHarm reduction programmes accept the reality of drug use while attempting to reduce its harmful consequences to individuals and society. Here, contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of such policies and examine their outcomes.
