Jaap Verheul

Discovering the Dutch : on culture and society of the Netherlands

Table of Contents - 6[-]Introduction - 12[-]CH1: Citizens, Coalitions and the Crown - 20[-]CH2: The Economy of the Polder - 34[-]CH3: Dilemmas of the Welfare State - 46[-]CH4: Randstad Holland - 58[-]CH5: Idealism and Self-Interest in World Politics - 72[-]CH6: From the Periphery to the Center - 86[-]CH7: The Golden Age - 98[-]CH8: A Tradition of Tolerance - 110[-]CH9: Politics between Accommodation and Commotion - 122[-]CH10: The Second World War: Dilemmas of Occupation - 136[-]CH11: The Making of Rembrandt and Van Gogh - 150[-]CH12: Style and Lifestyle in Architecture - 164[-]CH13: Literature, Authors and Public Debate - 180[-]CH14: Three Feminist Waves - 192[-]CH15: Excellence and Egalitarianism in Higher Education - 204[-]CH16: Religious Diversification or Secularization? - 218[-]CH17: Immigration and Multiculturalism - 232[-]CH18: Law in Action - 244[-]CH19: Living with Water - 256[-]CH20: In Foreign Eyes - 268[-]Notes - 280[-]About the Authors - 291[-]Illustrations - 296[-]Index - 298

American multiculturalism after 9/11 : transatlantic perspectives

Table of contents - 6[-]Introduction - 8[-]Multiculturalism and Immigration - 24[-]Native-Immigrant Boundaries and Ethnic and Racial Inequalities - 36[-]Coherence, Difference, and Citizenship: A Genealogy of Multiculturalism - 52[-]Indecent Exposure: Picturing the Horror of 9/11 - 68[-]-The Dead Are Our Redeemers : Culture, Belief, and United 93 - 82[-]Real American Heroes: Attacking Multiculturalism through the Discourse of Heroic Sacrifice - 94[-]-America under Attack : Unity and Division after 9/11 - 106[-]-This Godless Democracy : Terrorism, Multiculturalism, and American Self-Criticism in John Updike - 120[-]Multiculturalism in American History Textbooks before and after 9/11 - 134[-]A Kinder, Gentler Europe? Islam, Christianity, and the Divergent Multiculturalisms of the New West - 148[-]Slavery, Memory, and Citizenship in Transatlantic Perspective - 166[-]Are We All Americans? 9/11 and Discourses of Multiculturalism in the Netherlands - 182[-]-How could this have happened in Holland? American Perceptions of Dutch Multiculturalism after 9/11 - 192[-]About the Contributors - 208[-]Index - 214