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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch (Xenophobe's Guides) - Softcover

Book 10 of 26: Xenophobe's Guides

Rodney Bolt

 
9781906042288: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Dutch (Xenophobe's Guides)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1906042284 ISBN 13: 9781906042288
Publisher: Oval Books, 2008

Synopsis

"It's all in your mind""The spirit of tolerance does constant battle 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'strue 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 . . ."""

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From the Back Cover

What makes the Dutch DUTCH: A guide to understanding the Dutch that goes beyond the tulips and windmills to reveal their very distinctive personality and peculiarities.

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It's all in your mind

The spirit of tolerance does constant battle 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's-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 . . ."

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Publisher
Oval Books
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1906042284
ISBN 13 
9781906042288
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
92