Author: Reinder P. Meijer
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: Gert Oostindie
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 9089643532
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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"The Netherlands is home to one million citizens with roots in the former colonies Indonesia, Suriname and the Antilles. Entitlement to Dutch citizenship, pre-migration acculturation in Dutch language and culture as well as a strong rhetorical argument ('We are here because you were there') were strong assets of the first generation. This 'postcolonial bonus' indeed facilitated their integration. In the process, the initial distance to mainstream Dutch culture diminished. Postwar Dutch society went through serious transformations. Its once lily white population now includes two million non-Western migrants and the past decade witnessed heated debates about multiculturalism. The most important debates about the postcolonial migrant communities centeracknowledgmentgement and the inclusion of colonialism and its legacies in the national memorial culture. This resulted in state-sponsored gestures, ranging from financial compensation to monuments. The ensemble of such gestures reflect a guilt-ridden and inconsistent attempt to 'do justice' to the colonial past and to Dutch citizens with colonial roots. Postcolonial Netherlands is the first scholarly monograph to address these themes in an internationally comparative framework. Upon its publication in the Netherlands (2010) the book elicited much praise, but also serious objections to some of the author's theses, such as his prediction about the diminishing relevance of postcolonial roots"--Publisher's description.

Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288

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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1016

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Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Author: University of California, Los Angeles. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1030

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Author: Louis Couperus
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776584716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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This gripping novel from prominent Dutch writer Louis Couperus caused quite a stir when it was published, provoking strong, divided reactions from critics around the world. Footsteps of Fate revolves around a strange love triangle that ends in unspeakable tragedy.

Author: Louis Couperus
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Author: P. G. Wodehouse
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340368
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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“To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language.”—Ben Schott Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new edition of one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Steeple Bumphleigh is a very picturesque place. But for Bertie Wooster, it is a place to be avoided, containing not only the appalling Aunt Agatha but also her husband, the terrifying Lord Worplesdon. So when a certain amount of familial arm-twisting is applied, Bertie heads for the sticks in fear and trepidation despite the support of the irreplaceable Jeeves.