SCHIEDAM

skhēˌdämˈ, city (1994 pop. 72,515), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River, near Rotterdam. It is famous for its gin, which is widely exported. There are also shipyards and factories that manufacture chemicals, glass, and lumber. The city's noteworthy structures include a 14th-century church, the 16th-century town hall, and the ruins of a 13th-century castle.

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books on: Schiedam  - 192 results

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The Mirror of Divinity: The World and Creation in J. K. Huysmans
Book by Robert Ziegler; University of Delaware Press, 2004
Subjects: Huysmans, J.-K--(Joris-Karl)--1848-1907--Criticism And Interpretation
...5. Huysmans, Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, pt. 2, 9. 6. Ibid., pt. 2...209. 17. Huysmans, Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, pt. 2, 86. 18. Fran?oise Gaillard...Bernheimer claims that in Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, the horror of mutilation is overcome...
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An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, with a Detailed Survey of Work Done in the Fifteenth Century - Vol. 2
Book by Arthur M. Hind; Dover Publications, 1963
Subjects: Illustrated Books--15th And 16th Cent, Illustrated Books--15th And 16th Cent--Bibl, Wood-Engraving--History
...Ice, from Brugnam, Vita Lijdwine , Schiedam 1498. Schretlen believes that these...the perpendicular shading of the legs. SCHIEDAM Allusion has already been made to the...Lijdwine , by Johannes Brugman , printed at Schiedam, 1498 CA. 383, CN. xxxii. 5 , as...
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Johannes Vermeer, Painter of Delft, 1632-1675
Book by P. T. A. Swillens; Spectrum, 1950
Subjects: Delft (Netherlands)--Biography, Painters--Netherlands--Biography, Vermeer, Johannes--1632-1675
...barges going to and from Rotterdam and Schiedam. Because of this the gates were called...formerly the St. James' Gate and the Schiedam Gate left, formerly South or Kettle...off the entrance to that water. The Schiedam Gate, on both the north and the south...
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The Emergence of the Modern Indonesian Elite
Book by Robert Van Niel; W. Van Hoeve, 1960
Subjects: Indonesia--Social Conditions
...beteekenis voor de Indische Beweging Schiedam, 1914 . 105. Onze Verbanning : Publicatie...Mangoenkoesoemo en R. M. Soewardi Soerjaningrat Schiedam, 1913 . See also: E. F. E. Douwes...Vlugschriften van het Comite Boemi Poetra No. 2 Schiedam, 1913 , pp. 1-33. 106. J. Habbema...
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477-1806
Book by Jonathan Israel; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Netherlands--History--1648-1795, Netherlands--History--Batavian Republic, 1795-1806, Netherlands--History--House Of Habsburg, 1477-1556, Netherlands--History--Wars Of Independence, 1556-1648
...15 On 29 June, serious rioting erupted in Schiedam, Rotterdam, Gouda, and Delft. At Schiedam, Orangist banners were unfurled, the streets...out-of-work fishermen pouring in from Schiedam and Delftshaven. 17 The crowds swamped the...
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journal articles on: Schiedam  - 13 results

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The Bed and the Book: J.-K. Huysmans's Crucibles of Suffering
Journal article by Robert E. Ziegler; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 38, 2010
Subjects: Art and religion--Analysis, Authors, French--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, French--Works, Beds (Furniture)--Portrayals, Beds--Portrayals, Books--Portrayals, French writers--Criticism and interpretation, French writers--Works, Huysmans, J.-K.--Criticism and interpretation, Huysmans, J.-K.--Works
...quest la Douleur" (Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam 2: 126) transmutes a womans suffering...fullest expression in Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam. Huysmans had already intuited a central...the malefactor. In Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam, despite the exorbitant horrors of the...
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Osmazomes (Huysmans)
Journal article by Marc Smeets; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 37, 2008
Subjects: Authors, French--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, French--Works, French writers--Criticism and interpretation, French writers--Works, L'Homme aux bras defeu (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, La Princesse des tenebres (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Rachilde--Criticism and interpretation, Rachilde--Works
...Le choix enfin de sainte Lydwine de Schiedam savere dans cet ordre didees parfaitement...lui-meme publiant Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam en 190l. HUILE DE PETROLE Lydwine, nee en 1380 a Schiedam, en Hollande, devient malade des sa...
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Sweetness and Sweat: The Extraordinary Emanations in Fragment Eight of the 'Canterbury Tales.'
Journal article by Bruce Kent Cowgill; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 74, 1995
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Perspiration--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Canterbury Tales (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...sweet to the taste." Or Lidwina of Schiedam, her body "closed to ordinary intake...the English reputation of Lidwina of Schiedam, noted below, and Julian of Norwichs...occasion Catherine of Siena, Lidwina of Schiedam, and Columba of Rieti "all failed to...
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Land Readjustment for Value Capturing: a New Planning Tool for Urban Redevelopment
Journal article by Erwin Van Der Krabben, Barrie Needham; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 79, 2008
Subjects: Municipalities, Property values, Public lands, Redevelopment, Urban areas, Urban development
...Hertogenbosch, Arnhem, Breda, Eindhoven, Schiedam and Amersfoort, have initiated station...three locations: Breda, Arnhem and Schiedam. Table 1 provides information about...HST) rail services; rail services in Schiedam remain on intercity level but improved...
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Literature of the Miraculous: Huysmans's Les Foules De Lourdes
Journal article by Bob Ziegler; French Forum, Vol. 36, 2011
Subjects: Huysmans, Joris-Karl--Criticism and interpretation, Huysmans, Joris-Karl--Works, Les Foules de Lourdes (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Lourdes, France--Portrayals, Lourdes, France--Religious aspects, Miracles--Portrayals, Pilgrimages--Portrayals, Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Portrayals
...compassionate spirit. In Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam (1902), Huysmans calls pain the Philosophers...abattements et les larmes" (Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam II, 126). Spiritual naturalism identifies...Slatkine, 1972. --. Sainte Lydwine de Schiedam. 2 Vols. Oeuvres completes XV. Geneva...
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Cobra: Musees Royaux Des Beaux-Arts De Belgique, Brussels/Cobra Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, the Netherlands/Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands
Magazine article by Karen Kurczynski; Artforum International, Vol. 47, February 2009
Subjects: Arts organizations--History
...the Netherlands/Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands. by Karen Kurczynski...Amstelveen, and the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, presented a rare opportunity to reevaluate...painting" debates. Both Amstelveen and Schiedam interspersed Cobra productions with subsequent...
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Gert Jan Kocken
Magazine article by Saskia Van Der Kroef; Artforum International, Vol. 49, November 2010
Subjects: Images, Photographic--Exhibitions, Kocken, Gert Jan--Exhibitions, Photographs--Exhibitions
...II-era city maps of Amsterdam and Rotterdam (including Schiedam). For each of these images, which were standing freely...says, would undoubtedly provoke an iconoclastic response. SCHIEDAM, THE NETHERLANDS STEDELIJK MUSEUM SCHIEDAM
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Home on the Page
Magazine article by Michael A. Gips; Security Management, Vol. 49, February 2005
Subjects: Antiterrorism measures--Evaluation, National security--Management, Security management--Evaluation
...the fire detection and suppression systems had been disconnected. Also in 1996, a circa-1790 wheat-grinding windmill in Schiedam, Holland, burned down. FIRE-TECH experts note that heavy grinding stones were present on the wooden floors of the windmill...
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Dutch Italianisers at Dulwich
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 281, August 2002
Subjects: Italy--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Landscape painting--Exhibitions, Painting, Dutch--Exhibitions
...provide a clue to Pijnakers presence in Italy, not primarily as an artist but as an agent for his father, a shipowner in Schiedam, who may well have traded in wine. Less calm is The Ferryboat (Williamston Institute, Mass.), where a wouldbe passenger...
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New Members
Magazine article; PSA Journal, Vol. 69, June 2003
...Cohen, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Sammy Somekh Jooleang J. Lim, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PSA Website Maria L. Van Der Post, Schiedam, Netherlands, PSA Website Abdul Aleem, Karachi, Pakistan, PSA Website Lajos B. Nagy, Secuiesc, Romania, PSA Website
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newspaper articles on: Schiedam  - 11 results

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Hamps in Control as Lancs Hit Skids; COUNTY CRICKET
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 31, 2010
Subjects: Cricket, Cricket (Sport)
...Worcs 287 72-8 v Northants 158 Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group B Schiedam Holland 181-9 v Derbys 182-3 Derbys win by 7 wkts Second...Surrey New Road: Worcs v Northants Clydesdale Bank 40 - Group B Schiedam: Holland v Yorks (10.00) Group C The Citylets Titwood...
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Victory Sends Tykes Back on Top
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), August 2, 2010
Subjects: Cricket, Cricket (Sport)
...Bairstow, who made an unbeaten 46, then embarked on a 59-run partnership to help see Yorkshire home. Holland v Yorkshire At: Schiedam Holland Innings E S Szwarczynski c Brophy b Bresnan ............. 4 M G Dighton c Bairstow b Bresnan...
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SPORT TODAY Championships. SAILING: Travemunde: [...
Newspaper article; July 30, 2010
Subjects: Cable television broadcasting industry, ESPN Inc., Sailing
...Tindale, Houghton-le-Spring - A3136; Hazel Jackson, Sunderland - D0697. CLYDESDALE BANK 40 GROUP B (1 Day, 1245 start) Schiedam: Holland v Derbyshire .................. MOTORSPORT: Finland Rally. CYCLING: Pietermaritzburg: World...
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Advocaat
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 29, 2006
...third son of Petrus) set out for Rotterdam and registered as an inhabitant there. By 1752 he took over the distillery at Schiedam which was then the leading centre for the production of Dutch gin or genever. In 1769 his sons Johannes and Pieter bought...
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Welsh Fans' Tragedy
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 31, 2004
...Netherlands, when their vehicle was struck from behind by another car. The driver, a 47-year-old Portuguese national living in Schiedam, Rotterdam, has been arrested by Dutch police officers and is being held, pending further inquiries into the fatal collision...
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encyclopedia articles on: Schiedam  - 3 results

 
 
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Schiedam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCHIEDAM skhe dam , city (1994 pop. 72,515), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River, near...
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South Holland , Province, Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bounded by the North Sea in the west. The Hague is the capital; other cities include Rotterdam , Dordrecht , Leiden , Delft , Schiedam , and Gouda . A fertile lowland, protected by dunes and dikes along the coast, its physical geography is similar to that...
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Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...cities of the Netherlands Amsterdam and Rotterdam (the chief ports) and The Hague, Leiden , Delft , Utrecht, Dordrecht , Schiedam , and Vlissingen (Flushing). In addition, Alkmaar , Gouda , and Edam are internationally known as cheese markets, and...


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