In the Netherlands, as in other European countries, the late Nineteenth Century was remarkable on account of its conflicting tendencies. It was characterized by decadence as well as socialist movements, by fin de siecle sentiment as well as scientific discoveries, by religious revival as well as secularization. The authors of this volume bring these diverging tendencies together in a narrative which focuses on the rediscovery or 'reconstruction' of the Golden Age; on the Dutch colonial empire in the East Indies and the relations with South Africa; on the emancipation of the Roman Catholics after 1853; on the Jewish community in Amsterdam and other cities, and on the various Protestant denominations.
- ISBN10 140393438X
- ISBN13 9781403934383
- Publish Date 29 November 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 December 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 624
- Language English