Xenophobe’s Guide to the Dutch

Título: Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch

Autor: RODNEY BOLT

Sinopse: 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'sâ??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 .

Contexto da obra

Na área de Antiguidades e Colecionáveis, livros como este costumam interessar pelo valor de consulta e repertório. “Xenophobe’s Guide to the Dutch”, de RODNEY BOLT, publicado pela editora OVAL BOOKS, em 2008 e com 86 páginas, integra a categoria Livros de Antiguidades e Colecionáveis. Na prática, isso ajuda a situar o livro entre consulta, memória material e repertório especializado.

Editora: OVAL BOOKS

Páginas: 86

Ano: 2008

Edição: Revised

Linguagem: PORTUGUES

ISBN: 1906042284

ISBN13: 9781906042288