The UnDutchables
Subtitle: an observation of the Netherlands, its culture and its inhabitants
By: Colin White & Laurie Boucke ; illustrated by Rusty Haller, Gerald Fried ; photographs by Colin White, Laurie Boucke.
Contributors: Boucke, Laurie.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: White-Boucke Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lafayette, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781888580440
Subjects: Netherlands -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Netherlands -- Social life and customs -- 21st century; Netherlands -- Description and travel; Netherlands -- Guidebooks; Dutch -- Social life and customs
Genres: Guidebooks
Description: "Presents an in-depth humorous look at Dutch life, quirks, customs, and character, with observations of Dutch behavior in the Netherlands and abroad; includes appendices on Dutch idioms, expressions, and homonyms"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction (the way the textbooks sell it); title: Getting acquainted; title: Public transport; title: Driving; title: A Dutch home; title: Money; title: The national passion; title: Food for thought; title: A growing concern; title: On Dutch customs; title: Bikes, dikes, flags & fags; title: Identity crisis; title: Work vs. welfare; title: Puntenel & Bel Hell; title: Copin' with Kopen; title: Rocking and rolling; title: The Dutch language; title: Children; title: Gezondheid; title: The Flying Dutchman; title: Another brick in the Waal; title: Appendix A: A view of the Dutch through the English Language; title: Appendix B: A chosen selection of Dutch/English homonyms; title: Appendix C: A view of the Netherlands through Dutch idioms.