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    Culture Briefing: Netherlands - Your Guide to Dutch Culture and Customs
    Culture Briefing: Netherlands - Your Guide to Dutch Culture and Customs
    Culture Briefing: Netherlands - Your Guide to Dutch Culture and Customs
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    Culture Briefing: Netherlands - Your Guide to Dutch Culture and Customs

    By Bob Martin

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    Culture Briefing: Netherlands, updated June 2020, provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Dutch people. Whether traveling to the Netherlands, working on a class paper or doing business with the Dutch, you'll find Culture Briefing: Netherlands an invaluable resource. If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: Netherlands. It will let you enrich your trip, giving you knowledge about Dutch etiquette and traditions — and more financial success when traveling on business. You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment, including a list of do's and don'ts. You'll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the Dutch, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave. No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with the Dutch people because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of their form of government. With Culture Briefing: Netherlands you'll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the Dutch. You'll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You'll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. You'll also discover the problems the Dutch people face and see how they handle them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBob Martin
    Release dateJul 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301835348
    Culture Briefing: Netherlands - Your Guide to Dutch Culture and Customs
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    Bob Martin

    Bob Martin, creator of the Culture Briefing series, has lived in Asia, Africa and Europe. He has also written and edited college textbooks and training lessons for the travel industry, newsletters for travel consumers and travel articles for newspapers and magazines, including: Accent magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Buffalo News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Miami Herald, Milwaukee Journal, Off Duty magazine, The Orlando Sentinel and Travel-Holiday magazine. Currently he writes articles and e-books in the areas of travel, exploration and adventure.

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      Culture Briefing - Bob Martin

      Culture Briefing: Netherlands

      Your Guide to Dutch Culture and cCustoms

      By Bob Martin

      Published by the Geotravel Research Center at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013-2020 Bob Martin

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This edition is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      Fast Facts

      HISTORY

      THE DUTCH PEOPLE

      Customs and Ways

      Do’s and Don’ts

      Conducting Business

      Subcultures

      Class Distinctions

      Language

      HOME AND FAMILY

      Marriage

      The Role of Women

      Names

      Health and Welfare

      Dress

      Food and Dining

      EDUCATING THE CHILDREN

      RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

      MAKING A LIVING

      PASSING LEISURE TIME

      Festivals

      Sports

      THE ARTS

      Painting

      Literature

      POLITICAL

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