Discovering the Dutch

Emmeline Besamusca lectures on Dutch Culture and Intercultural Communication at Utrecht University and teaches Low Countries Studies at the University of Vienna. Jaap Verheul is Associate Professor of Cultural History at Utrecht University and Professor of Transatlantic Relations at Radboud University Nijmegen.

“Judicious, useful, expert and concise - it would be hard to imagine a better guide to the cultural and historical reality of Dutch society today.” – Jonathan Israel, author of The Dutch Republic“An invitation to an insightful journey through past and present: this is an attractive, indispensable, and enjoyable textbook for anyone eager to discover and study Dutch culture and society.” – Orsolya Réthelyi, Chair of Dutch Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest “This volume explores myths and explodes misconceptions about the Netherlands and ‘Dutchness’. Whether you are planning to spend a week in Amsterdam or are writing a dissertation on Dutch culture and history, this is a very useful volume.” – Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World