Netherlands - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Kuperard · Print & ebook · June 21, 2018
Taking readers beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, and tulips, this pocket-sized guide helps visitors understand the complex layers of identity in this small, densely populated country on Europe’s northwestern seaboard.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore Dutch identity, social attitudes, and the country’s place as a European economic hub.
- Themes
- Dutch identity and culture, Immigration and pluralism, Tolerance and coexistence
- Genres
- Benelux Travel, How Cultures Work, Customs & Traditions
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Taking readers beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, and tulips, this pocket-sized guide helps visitors understand the complex layers of identity in this small, densely populated country on Europe’s northwestern seaboard. With roots as a maritime nation that built a network for transportation, defense, and trade, the Netherlands of today is still a prime economic hub of Europe.
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The Netherlands is also famous for its liberal attitudes, recently challenged by high levels of immigration, and is home to an intelligent, cosmopolitan, enterprising, tolerant, and modest people. The visitor or business traveler will find that the predominant attitude continues to be one of “live and let live,” and that many different communities live alongside each other in harmony.
Dutch Identity
Explore Dutch identity, social attitudes, and the country’s place as a European economic hub.
Come here for
- Layers of Dutch identity beyond familiar national symbols
- Context on maritime history and the Netherlands’ role in Europe
Expect
- A look at immigration and changing liberal attitudes
- An account of communities living alongside one another
Where it sits
| Benelux Travel | 97% |
|---|---|
| Customs & Traditions | 30% |
| How Cultures Work | 20% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Business Etiquette & Presence
- Manners & Etiquette
- How Cultures Work
- Customs & Traditions
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- Benelux Travel
- Authors
- Sheryl Buckland
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Published
- June 21, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Dutch identity and culture · Immigration and pluralism · Tolerance and coexistence
- Reading lane
- Business Etiquette & Presence