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This book celebrates Otago Museum's 'Southern Land, Southern People' gallery. It offers a comprehensive insight into the character of the region - its astonishing landforms, lost fauna and flora, fossil record and boisterous climate - and the way people have explored this challenging landscape and utilised its natural resources. ... Read more

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Le Luxembourg, grand-duché de Luxembourg en forme longue, est un État de l'Union européenne situé entre l'Allemagne, la Belgique et la France. Il compte environ 493 500 habitants (janvier 2009). Le Luxembourg est membre du Benelux, de l'Union européenne - dont il est l'un des six pays fondateurs - et de l'OTAN. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! La province de Luxembourg est une province de Belgique située en Région wallonne. Elle est située dans le sud-est de la Belgique et est placée sous la tutelle de la Région wallonne. Elle a pour chef-lieu Arlon. Elle est aussi appelée Luxembourg belge. À ne pas confondre avec le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg dont le « quartier wallon » a été cédé à la Belgique sur la base d'un critère linguistique en 1839. D'une superficie de 4 440 km², qui en fait la plus grande province de Belgique, la population est de 264 084 habitants. Administrativement, la province est partagée en cinq arrondissements et 44 communes. ... Read more

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Depuis la fin des années 1960, le processus dedésindustrialisation en France a pris de plus en plusd'ampleur. Ainsi l'industrie française a perdu 500000 emplois entre 2000 et 2006. A l'échelle locale,ce sont principalement les villes petites et moyennesqui sont concernées, notamment en raison de leursattraits économiques et fonciers. Ces villes sontdevenues des villesinterfaces, tour à tour interrogées sur leurcaractère industriel, sur leur urbanité, sur lesrelations des espaces de production avec l'espaceurbain et les bouleversements dont elles fontl'objet. Parallèlement ou successivement, ces villesconnaissent des évolutions, parfois sous l'impulsionde politiques comme les pôles de conversion, le pôlede compétitivité, les tentatives de revitalisationindustrielle ou les choix de tertiarisation.Toutefois quels que soient les choix établis, àdifférent degré ces villes restent industrielles parle ressenti des habitants, l'habitat des salariés, lepaysage, l'imaginaire. A cela s'ajoutent des volontéspolitiques de conserver, de mettre en patrimoine, demarquer l'espace urbain d'éléments évocateursd'identité, de mémoire collective. ... Read more

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Expatriates living in Holland, students, and newcomers to the country will find essential information in this authoritative handbook to surviving in Holland. Practical advice is provided on a variety of topics including registration, healthcare, taxes and financial matters, jobs, education, and cultural events. Aspects of daily life are illustrated with color photographs, and the text is supplemented with useful phone numbers, addresses, and Internet links. ... Read more

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One of the greatest incentives for travelling through the Channel Tunnel after its opening in 1994 will be to stock up on French food and drink. Already popular with people in the south of England, short breaks will become increasingly attractive. For the benefit of those shuttling through the tunnel in search of the best of French and Belgian food and drink, Marc and Kim Millon have compiled a comprehensive guide to the superlative range of produce available within reach of Calais: from pates and charcuterie to fish and fruits de me, from the myriad French cheeses to the unrivalled pastries, tarts and breads - as well as an in-depth buying guide to French wines, Belgian beers, farmhouse cider, Calvados and other traditional drinks. Part One focuses on the main types of outlet for food and drink, encouraging the shopper to experience the wealth of traditional specialist shops - boulangeries, patisseries, charcuteries, boucheries, poissoneries, epiceries and fromageries - as well as to enjoy the incomparable provincial markets and to visit and buy direct from farm, vineyard or brewery.Part Two consists of an in-depth regional listing of recommended shops and farm outlets in the Nord-Pas de Calais region, Upper Normandy, Champagne, Picardy and Belgium. ... Read more

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Very revealing
This book is a very interesting and very revealing analysis of Dutch culture and Dutch character.Although Horst is an insider, he seems to be well aware of the kinds of questions that outsiders have about Dutch culture.As an insider, he has a thorough understanding of what makes the Dutch tick.

The book is organized into the 6 broad tropics that anthropologists at the Tropen Museum in Amsterdam have identified as characterizing the Dutch: egalitarian, utilitarian, organized, trade-oriented, privacy-minded, and having a debt of honor.At times, however, this division seems to be overlaid onto the book, rather than providing an essential framework.Inside each chapter, Horst meanders through a wide range of information, interweaving such details as a synopsis of Dutch history, an analysis of modern politics and politicians, lyrics from popular music, and sample lonely heart classifieds.At all times, the focus is on the Dutch mindset, Dutch attitudes, and where they come from.I found the book to be very informative, and I would recommend it to anyone planning a long or short visit in the Netherlands.

Invaluable as a practical guide for undertanding the Dutch
This book was recommended to me by the Director of Cultural Affairs at a foreign embassy in the Hague as the best book available for understandingcontemporary Dutch society.It's informal yet thorough, clearly written,and eminently practical.Neither academic nor touristic, the book is idealfor people from a foreign country who are moving to the Netherlands or willbe spending a good quantity of time there.I bought my copy in theNetherlands at Veenstra Bookhandel in Amsterdam.

Moeurs et coutûmes du peuple néerlandais
Un essai fort intéressant rédigé par l'historien Han van der Horst qui traite, en 6 chapitres, du peuple néerlandais sous diverses facettes. Parmi les sujets traités, comment la lutte perpétuelle contre les eaux forge unenation, le rapport des Néerlandais à l'argent et aux affaires, la fameusepolitique de consensus, le caractère type du peuple Batave, etc..."The LowSky" a le mérite d'exposer ses sujets en profondeur etpar là-même, dese distinguer des ouvrages plus légers que l'on trouvegénéralement dans la section tourisme des librairies!Ce travail est loinde rivaliser avec les essais de Simon Schama ou d'Israel, mais il estrelativement court, instructif et agréable à lire. P.S. Ce titre estdisponible, en anglais comme en néerlandais, dans n'importe qu'ellelibrairie des Pays-Bas! ... Read more

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Focus on Europe is a series that explores a wide range of subjects including: arts, crafts, music, history, geography, language and literature, science and mathematics and social history. Each book includes photographs and illustrations. ... Read more

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André de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity. ... Read more

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With beautiful full color photography, the authors capture this university city, the oldest of the Low Countries, famous throughout Europe since the days of Erasmus. Whether it's the stillness of the summer months or the hustle of the school year, the text and the photos travel through the open-air museum, the houses, college and university buildings, with keen interest in the architecture. ... Read more