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Home Browse Books Book details, Culture and Customs of the Netherlands. Enter the world of animated paper engineering with these 14 whimsical projects for making automata out of cardstock. Culture and Customs of the Netherlands. Well-illustrated directions explain the use of levers, gears, cranks, and other devices andnbsp;precise cut-and-assemble componentsnbsp;put these ingenious paper "whirligigs" within reach of papercrafters of modest skill and experience. The Old World and the New World have maintained a fluid exchange of people, ideas, innovations, and styles.

American culture encompasses the customs and traditions of the United States. The term Western culture often refers broadly to the cultures of the United States and Europe. Nearly every region of the world has influenced American culture, most notably the English who colonized the country beginning in the early 1600s.

This is the best book I have seen so far about the cultures and customs of Cameroon. There are over 250 ethnic groups in Cameroon.

Culture and Customs of Cameroon gives a clear, informative analysis of the dynamic Cameroonian world-view and offers the reader tools to delve further into Cameroon's cultural patterns. Mbaku summarizes Cameroon's indigenous and modern customs in depth, emphasizing aspects that define the modern nation, its people, their institutions, and their various lifestyles. This is the best book I have seen so far about the cultures and customs of Cameroon. The mixture of the old and the new is very difficult to unravel.

Netherlands - Netherlands - Cultural life: The cultural life of the Netherlands is varied and lively. The Netherlands has a rich range of state-supported museums. Dutch painting and crafts are world renowned, and Dutch painters are among the greatest the world has ever known. The most famous is the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam, noted for its collection of works by the great 17th-century Dutch masters (especially Rembrandt). Other major museums endowed by the state include the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Het Loo (the former royal palace) in Apeldoorn, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, recognized for its collection of contemporary paintings.

Netherlands culture, Hollandic culture. Significant local variations of Dutch culture include the Friesian culture in the extreme north and the Brabant and Limburg cultures in the south. The Dutch use Nederlandse cultuur and Hollandse cultuur to describe their culture. The English word "Dutch" derives from the German deutsch ("German"). The southern culture was subject to discriminatory policies until the nineteenth century.

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No other reference book offers such exhaustive material on the traditions and customs of. .

No other reference book offers such exhaustive material on the traditions and customs of all three nations. Students studying world culture, social studies, and multicultural issues can use this engaging and comprehensive volume to learn about the Caucasus's history, urban life, religion, literature, cuisine, holidays, and leisure activities, among many other topics. Written for high-school students, "Culture and Customs of the Caucasus" is the ultimate one-stop reference source that explores the three countries in the region-no other reference work provides such comprehensive and current material.