The Low countries
Subtitle: arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands : 15
Publisher: "Stichting Ons Erfdeel"
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rekkem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9789075862904
Subjects: Civilization; Arts and society
Other titles: TLC
Description: The Low Countries is a yearbook aimed at presenting to the world the culture and society of the Dutch speaking area which embraces both the Netherlands and also Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. The articles in this yearbook survey the living, contemporary culture of the Low Countries as well as their cultural heritage. It provides information about literature and the arts, but also about broad social and historical development in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Notes: 15th yearbook.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Art matters; title: Money is the dross of the Earth; title: The aroma of spices and gold; title: The more I get to know humanity, the more I love my dog; title: Brokering commerce, brokering culture in medieval Europe; title: A businessman's thoughts on concentration camps and capitalism; title: Are diamonds forever?; title: My cheese will is made; title: Artist seeks market; title: and vice versa?; title: Stupid people pay more; title: The welfare state in the Netherlands and Belgium; title: Anything I set my hand to falls to bits; title: A not so splendid isolation; title: It's only a five-minute walk from poverty to wealth; title: The dislocated and disconcerting world of aernout mik; title: Identity between diversity and uncertainty; title: Verboeckhoven's sheep; title: The face and voice of Flanders; title: An icicle on a Dutchman's beard; title: The tale won't be ended; title: Montage means power; title: Clarity of head and heart; title: The chief government architects of Flanders and the Netherlands; title: Innovation against forgetting; title: Pierre Audi, more than a director; title: The end of improvisation; title: Islam in the Netherlands; title: From Poppentje to Jan Turpijn; title: Belgium and the domestication of its Islamic diaspora; title: The pumping and penetrating needle; title: Not a cheerful science; title: New directions for public broadcasting in Flanders and the Netherlands; title: Stepping up to the light; title: Aalst: a Flemish provincial town like no other; title: Chronicle.