Cracking the City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Wasielewski
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Liberalism ◽  
The City

This chapter investigates the history of squatting in the Netherlands in order to understand how it evolved from a pragmatic solution for a shortage of housing to an organized social movement. It begins with a discussion of how the counterculture movement in the Netherlands—Provo—established a tradition of activism and ludic protest that promoted social liberalism, anarchy, progressive welfare programs, and public housing. These values were inherited by the next generation of activists in the squatters’ movement of the late ’70s and ’80s, who developed and molded them to conform to the less optimistic atmosphere and circumstances of their time.

scholarly journals Sejarah Gereja Belanda Austin Friars di City of London: Refleksi Sejarah Gerakan Reformasi � Harapan dan Tantangan

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Henk Ten Napel
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The City ◽  
Church In The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Formative Years

In the centre of the City of London one can find the Dutch Church Austin Friars. Thanks to the Charter granted in 1550 by King Edward VI, the Dutch refugees were allowed to start their services in the church of the old monastery of the Augustine Friars. What makes the history of the Dutch Church in London so special is the fact that the church can lay claim to being the oldest institutionalised Dutch protestant church in the world. As such it was a source of inspiration for the protestant church in the Netherlands in its formative years during the sixteenth century. Despite its long history, the Dutch Church is still alive and well today. This article will look at the origin of this church and the challenges it faced and the developments it experienced during the 466 years of its existence.

The Origins of Printing in Spanish in Antwerp

Quaerendo ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-338
Author(s):  
José Luis Gonzalo Sánchez-Molero
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Special Place ◽  
History Of ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe city of Antwerp occupies a special place in the history of relations between Spain and the Netherlands during the centuries of the modern period. Hispano-Netherlandish relations in the centuries of the modern period have been studied from many different points of view. On this occasion we propose to delve into the origins of the very important links created around books and to deal, in particular, with the beginnings of the production of books in Spanish in Antwerp. Our intention here, therefore, is not to make a new listing of the editions printed at that time but a quite different one: to analyse the way in which this interesting publishing phenomenon developed in its origins and within a very specific period of time: the years prior to Christophe Plantin’s great publishing success.

Prologue

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Joe William Trotter
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Urban League ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Poor ◽  
The City

This history of the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) examines the organization’s century of social service and activism in the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area. It complements existing studies of the Urban League movement and deepens our understanding of the Urban League as a national phenomenon. Most important, this book addresses the debate over the Urban League movement’s impact on the lives of poor and working-class blacks as they made the transition from farm to city. Some scholars and popular writers argue that the Urban League movement was largely a conservative force that rarely improved the lives of the black poor. Others defend the Urban League as a progressive interracial social movement that eased the painful impact of migration, labor exploitation, and poor living conditions on thousands of southern black newcomers to the city....

De trekvliet en de maliebaan in Leiden

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-317
Author(s):  
Martijn Storms
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Early 19Th Century ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Hague ◽  
City Walls ◽  
The University ◽  
The City

Abstract The Trekvliet canal and the pall-mall at Leiden Pall-mall was a popular lawn game in the 17th century. The oldest pall-mall in the Netherlands was built in The Hague in 1606. Leiden was one of the universities with such a facility. In 1581, Leiden University already had several courts for ball sports. Some manuscript maps show their locations outside the city walls. The building of a pall-mall in Leiden coincided with the digging of the canal for horse-drawn boats to The Hague and Delft. The first plans for a boat canal probably date from around 1633 and the canal was completed in 1637. Alongside, between the boat canal and the Leiden city walls, a pall-mall was built, about 700 meters in length. The university bought some plots of land from the Leiden orphanage, on which the lawn was built. The history of the building of the boat canal and pall-mall is documented in several property maps and town plans that have survived. In the university’s archive, a concept of regulations of the Leiden pall-mall is kept, which gives insight in how the game had to be played and into the rules that the students had to adhere to. The pall-mall remained in use until at least the end of the 18th century. On the cadastral plan from the early 19th century (1811-1832) the strip of land is still owned by the university but indicated as ‘economic garden’ and the heyday of pall-mall was over.

Memory as Rite de Passage. Towards a Postmoralistic Historiography of the Second World War

Itinerario ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelon de Keizer
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
World War ◽  
Japanese Occupation ◽  
East Indies ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
Second World

As a native of the Netherlands, I have been imbued with an awareness of the history of the Second World War in both Europe and the Pacific ever since I was a child, though I must admit that the Japanese occupation of the Dutch colony in the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1945 plays a less important part in my imagination than thefiveyears of German occupation of the Netherlands. My parents and brothers can directly recollect the latter dark period, and I see it vividly in my mind's eye, born (in 1948) and bred as I was in Rotterdam, the city whose centre was razed to the ground by the German air raid in May 1940. The effects of the bombs were still clearly visible during the years in which I was growing up there. Given this double Dutch memory – memory of the hostilities in Europe, and memory of South-East Asia – it hardly seems fortuitous that the Dutch scholar Ian Buruma chose the German and Japanese memory of the Second World War and of the War in the Pacific as the theme for his 1994 publication The Wages of Guilt.

scholarly journals SEJARAH RAT SRAN RAJA KOMISI KAIMANA (History of Rat Sran King of Kaimana)

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Desy Polla Usmany
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Royal Family ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fading Effect ◽  
The City

Kaimana kingdom led by the Rat Sr10an, means King of Sran or King of Commission. Initially this kingdom exists enough, but gradually fading effect, even more memorable. This article departs from the research that aims to describe the genesis of the King Sran, government and powers of the period before the entry of the Netherlands until the time of Dutch rule. The study revealed that the historical method Sran kingdom was established in 1309. The first named of Rat Sran king is Imaga who hold Nati Patimunin I. This kingdom migrate three times, namely from Patimunin, Adi Island, and the city of Kaimana. Sran kingdom until 1440 been progressing quite rapidly, but subsequently degraded power due to the inclusion of Tidore, a conflict between the royal family, as well as changes in the system of government after the entry of the Dutch government.ABSTRAKKerajaan Kaimana dipimpin oleh Rat Sran, berarti Raja Sran atau Raja Komisi. Awalnya kerajaan ini cukup eksis, namun lambat laun memudar pengaruhnya, bahkan semakin terlupakan. Artikel ini berangkat dari penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kembali asal usul Raja Sran, pemerintahan serta kekuasaannya dari masa sebelum masuknya Belanda hingga masa pemerintahan Belanda. Penelitian dengan metode sejarah mengungkapkan bahwa Kerajaan Sran berdiri tahun 1309. Raja pertama bernama Imaga yang bergelar Rat Sran Nati Patimunin I. Kerajaan ini berpindah tempat sebanyak tiga kali, yaitu dari Patimunin, Pulau Adi, dan Kota Kaimana. Kerajaan Sran hingga tahun 1440 mengalami perkembangan cukup pesat, namun selanjutnya mengalami degradasi kekuasaan akibat masuknya Tidore, konflik diantara keluarga kerajaan, serta perubahan sistim pemerintahan setelah masuknya pemerintah Belanda.

scholarly journals Het belang van '1814' in de Belgische archiefgeschiedenis

1970 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 99-113
Author(s):  
Timo Van Havere
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
French Empire ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
National Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

In recent years archivists and historians have been pondering the importance of '1800' inthe history of archives and historiography: did the turn of that century mark the start of'modern' archival organisation, focused on historical research? Even though the accessibilityof Belgian archives was unsurpassed in nineteenth-century Europe, the archival historyof that country has been neglected thus far. By looking at the National Archives inBrussels and the city archives of Ghent, new light can be shed on the Belgian archivallandscape around 1800. As it turns out, 1814 was an important turning point. The politicalchange ftom the French Empire to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was used bysome historians to secure an appointment as archivist. At the same time, the new nationalgovernment actively remodelled archives into historiographical institutions.

scholarly journals In the ‘h200d’: Crips and the intersection between space and identity in the Netherlands

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A Roks
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Since the early 1990s, there have been reports in the Netherlands of groups of youngsters calling themselves Crips and Bloods. In this article, I will focus on the case of the Dutch Rollin 200 Crips from the city of The Hague, drawing on three years of fieldwork (2011–2013) in a small neighbourhood that this Dutch ‘gang’ claims as their ‘h200d’. The history of the Rollin 200 Crips shows their deeply rooted connection to the locality, whilst the influences from global street and gang cultures simultaneously resonates in both the name of the gang and their street spatial practices. By looking at the ways these Dutch Crips engage in acts of territoriality, I want to build on Ilan’s (2013: 5–7; 2015: 75) and Fraser’s (2013, 2015) observations that there is a need to revisit some of the assumptions that underpin the understanding of street spatial practices and specifically the way young people understand and construct space and identity. This case study highlights the interconnection between space and identity, both in terms of how the gang identity of these Dutch Crips influences their usage of space, but also how space is used in the construction of personal identities.

The Explosion of a Fireworks Storage Facility and its Causes

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. M. Ale
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Material Damage ◽  
Correct Classification ◽  
Storage Facility ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Abstract On 13 may 2000 an explosion occurred in a fireworks storage and trading facility in Enschede, the Netherlands. Twenty-two people were killed and some 900 injured. The material damage was approximately 400 MEuro. Immediately after the accident an investigation was started into the causes of the accident. Special attention was given to the unexpected violence of the explosion. The investigative committee installed by the Government used results and advice of domestic and international institutes to obtain results. It appeared that the firm had a long history of violating permits, that the city had legalised these violations and that inspectorates and state institutions were not aware of the hazards thus created. Especially the importance of the correct classification of the fireworks and of the storage of the correct types and quantities went unnoticed. As a result prior to May 13 2000 most of the fireworks stored at the premises were more powerful than the labels indicated and in fact a significant part of the storage was mass-explosive contrary to the current permit.

scholarly journals Urban Housing

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margreet Duinker ◽  
◽  
Peter Rowe ◽  
Wu Liangyong ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
History Of ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
Water Courses ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Down through the centuries, Amsterdam has always been a compactly built city. There were good reasons for the compactness. It was not easy to make the marshy ground suitable for building. Water courses had to be filled in, marshlands drained, dikes had to be constructed and canals dug. Until the 19th century, the city had to be defended by walls and city ramparts from the surrounding dangers. It was only safe to life inside those walls. Even now there are still good reasons for continuing to build compactly. The Netherlands is a densely populated country where space and nature are scarce; the space we have has to well used, so city expansions were always carefully planned. There’s always been a tension between the need to build compactly and the quality of living in the city. In the history of Amsterdam can be seen how it was necessary to choose between density and space. In periods when the economy was flourishing, such as the 17th century, the city allowed itself more space. In periods of stagnation, buildings were placed increasingly close to each other. But, as architect Rietveld said, “In a properly built city, the scale of a dwelling can be closer to that of a big roomy coat with inside pockets than to a castle.”

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