UTRECHT, Province, Netherlands

yooˈtrĕkt, Du. üˈtrĕkht, province (1994 pop. 1,056,000), c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km), central Netherlands, bounded by the IJsselmeer in the north. Utrecht (the capital) and Amersfoort are the chief cities. It largely comprises low-lying land and is drained by the Lower Rhine (Neder Rijn) River. The province has a mixed economy, with prosperous farms and diverse industries.

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books on: Utrecht Province Netherlands  - 200 results

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An Economic and Social History of the Netherlands, 1800-1920: Demographic, Economic, and Social Transition
Book by Michael Wintle; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Demography--Netherlands--History, Netherlands--Economic Conditions, Netherlands--Population--History, Netherlands--Statistics, Vital
...15 , 30 , 32 , 66 , 158 , 167 , 177 , 187 Utrecht province , 24 , 29 , 31 , 44 , 57 , 100 Utrecht town , 16 , 33 , 42 , 72 , 82 , 176 , 271...277 social control, 147 unique to the Netherlands, 4 , 6 Vienna, Congress of, 148 , 149...
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The Revolt of the Netherlands (1555-1609)
Book by Pieter Geyl; Barnes & Noble, 1958
Subjects: Netherlands--History--Wars Of Independence, 1556-1648
...Leoninus, the Chancellor of the province. The treachery of Chimay was...impression on the rest of the province and of the Netherlands. With Alvas departure the system...and Catholic, than at Dordt or Utrecht, which were still
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Science and Scientists in the Netherlands Indies
Book by Pieter Honig; Board For The Netherlands Indies, 1945
Subjects: Indonesia--Learned Institutions And Societies, Science--Indonesia--History, Scientists--Netherlands
...indigenous to the Netherlands Indies. Indonesian...four years at the Netherlands Indies Veterinary...the University of Utrecht and sent out from the Netherlands as first lieutenants...of 1928-30, the Provinces of West, East and...and each assigned a Province; the veterinary surgeons...
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A History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes, and Reference
Book by Klaas Van Berkel, Albert Van Helden, Lodewijk Palm; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Science--Netherlands--History
...founded such a school. In the province of Utrecht, where there was as yet no univer...illustrious school in the city of Utrecht. Illustrious schools were founded...ter in 1630, Amsterdam in 1632, Utrecht in 1634, and then later Dordrecht...
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The Netherlands in a Changing World: A Series of Essays
Book by Bart Landheer; Roy Publishers, 1947
Subjects: Netherlands--Civilization, Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Netherlands
...Holland -- about the size of Connecticut and Massachusetts combined -- between the various provinces. We were now passing from the province of Utrecht into North-Brabant and the change was immediately noticeable. The intense green of the...
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journal articles on: Utrecht Province Netherlands  - 69 results

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Possessed by the Devil? A Very Public Dispute in Utrecht
Journal article by Benjamin J. Kaplan; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Demoniac possession--Religious aspects, Utrecht, Netherlands--Religion
...Dutch Republic. In Utrecht, however, a unique...19) Before coming to Utrecht, he had ministered...congregations in the Dutch province of Groningen. Each...found throughout the Netherlands, but nowhere did they have more power than in Utrecht. In the 1590s they...
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The Meaning of Fear. Emotional Standards for Children in the Netherlands, 1850-1950: Was There a Western Transformation?
Journal article; Journal of Social History, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Child rearing--History, Children--Psychological aspects, Fear in children--History, Netherlands--History, United States--History
...childrens lives. The Netherlands and modernization Between 1850 and 1950 the Netherlands went through a process...while in the coastal province of Holland this figure...household in the United Provinces of the Netherlands in the seventeenth...
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Regional Learning between Variation and Convergence: The Concept of 'Mixed Land-Use' in Regional Spatial Planning in the Netherlands (*)
Journal article by Arnoud Lagendijk; Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 24, 2001
Subjects: Land use--Netherlands, Learning--Social aspects, Netherlands--Social policy, Regional planning--Netherlands
...two regional cases in The Netherlands. Mixed Land Use in Practice...region in the East of the Netherlands bordering with Germany...create a new vision for the province using a mixed-use perspective...land use project across the Netherlands, is to evolve as a think...
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Religious Assortative Marriage in the Netherlands, 1938-1983
Journal article by John Hendrickx; Review of Religious Research, Vol. 33, 1991
Subjects: Religion, Religion And Sociology
...relatively high in Utrecht, Noordholland...protestant dominated provinces, the protestants...elsewhere in the Netherlands in 1938 and 1963. Utrecht, Noordholland...low rate found in Utrecht, Noordholland...but, as a new province on recently reclaimed...early 1980s in the Netherlands. A theoretical...
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Library Partnerships in the Netherlands
Journal article by Lourense H. Das; School Libraries Worldwide, Vol. 8, 2002
...village, region, or province. If a school library...libraries in the Netherlands. Both organizations...January 2003 in Utrecht. The LWSVO has...PBC). Every province has its own PBC. In one province in north and south...Also, in some provinces, the PBC works...city in the south Netherlands, approached the...
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magazine articles on: Utrecht Province Netherlands  - 11 results

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The Netherlands: Visions and Revisions
Magazine article by Joe Nickell; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 31, November 2007
Subjects: Legends--Social aspects, Netherlands--Appreciation, Netherlands--Social aspects, Peerdeman, Ida--Behavior, Peerdeman, Ida--Religious aspects, Peerdeman, Ida--Social aspects, Supernatural--Social aspects, Superstition--Evaluation
The Netherlands: Visions and Revisions...official name is the Netherlands, most people elsewhere...two of its thirteen provinces). Just about a tenth...of California, the Netherlands is still one of Europes...skeptics congress in Utrecht on October 28, 2006...Netherlandss Limburg province (the countrys southernmost...
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Amsterdam and William III
Magazine article by Elizabeth Edwards; History Today, Vol. 43, December 1993
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Biography, Netherlands--History, William III, King of the Netherlands--Political activity
...economic muscle of the Netherlands largest city, William...French retreat from Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel...the dukedom of their province in 1675 in recognition...First Noble of their province. The Act of Harmony to unite all the provinces behind the Perpetual...security of the Spanish Netherlands acting as a buffer...
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Van Gogh, European Purity, and the "muslim Problem"
Magazine article by Naeem Mohaiemen; Tikkun, Vol. 20, March 2005
Subjects: Europe, Murders & murder attempts, Muslims, Netherlands, Perceptions, Politics, Religious discrimination, Social integration, Van Gogh, Theo
...famously said "The Netherlands is full") before...conflagration between the Netherlands and its Muslim immigrants...of immigrants in the Netherlands. The Dutch government...longer Europe. It is a province of Islam, as Spain...Amsterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht will have Muslim majorities...
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Tulipmania: As Overblown Crisis? Anne Goldgar Argues That Historians Have Overplayed the Extent of the Moral, Social and Economic Impact of the Craze for Trading Tulip Bulbs, and That the Original Dutch Sources Reveal a Much More Subtle Cultural Turning-Point Behind Its Collapse in 1637
Magazine article by Anne Goldgar; History Today, Vol. 57, June 2007
Subjects: Amsterdam, Netherlands--History, Horticultural industry--History, Horticultural industry--International trade, Tulips--International trade
...various towns in the province of Holland, such as...the 7th bloemisten in Utrecht were meeting to elect...flowers reached the Netherlands both as a result of...fashionable in the northern Netherlands in the early seventeenth...tulip bulbs in the Netherlands of the 1630s, has...
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Joseph Kam: Moravian Heart in Reformed Clothing
Magazine article by Susan Nivens; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 35, July 2011
Subjects: Christianity, Meetings, Missionaries, Muslims, Protestant churches, Religion, Religious congregations, Religious missions, Theology
...other parts of Maluku province, Java, northern...September 1769 in the Utrecht region of the Netherlands. His father, Joost...unheard of in the Netherlands, the Pietist movement...Genootschap (NZG, Netherlands Missions Society...
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newspaper articles on: Utrecht Province Netherlands  - 2 results

 
 
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9 Killed in Leyte Clash; GMA Condemns Slaying of 9 Troopers in Iloilo Miriam Assails Use of Landmine in Latest Offensive
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2005
Subjects: Insurgency--Casualties, Soldiers--Casualties
...ambush by communist rebels on soldiers in Iloilo province, saying their latest act of violence make them...founder Jose Maria Sison who lives in self-exile in Utrecht in the Netherlands. Peace negotiations between Manila and the communist...
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Show Illuminates Dutch Painters' Rich Use of Light
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, January 11, 1998
...1626-1679) and the Utrecht painters, such as Abraham...town and especially in Utrecht. Though they could...at that time in the Netherlands and that Catholics were...Dutch Painters in Utrecht" exhibit is a welcome...worked in Nancy in the province of Lorraine, not very...


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encyclopedia articles on: Utrecht Province Netherlands  - 10 results

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Utrecht , Province, Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UTRECHT , province, Netherlands yoo trekt, Du. u trekht, province (1994 pop...c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km), central Netherlands, bounded by the IJsselmeer in the north. Utrecht (the capital) and Amersfoort are the chief...
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Utrecht , City, Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...lordship (now province) of Overijssel...centers of the Netherlands in the Middle Ages, Utrecht was incorporated...Hapsburg-held Netherlands by Charles V. Utrecht joined (1577...1579, the seven provinces of the N Netherlands...
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Groningen , Province, Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...330 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering on Germany...the capital of the province, which has both an...added Groningen to his Netherlands possessions. During the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain, the nobles living in the provinces countryside signed the Union of Utrecht in 1579. The capital...
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Netherlands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...prosperity. Revolt in the Netherlands The inroads of Calvinism...greater autonomy for the provinces in addition to the...Countries to a Spanish province met determined opposition...Brabant. The northern provinces, under the leadership...Spanish possession (see Netherlands, Austrian and Spanish...Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel...
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Zeeland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...680 sq km), SW Netherlands, bordering on Belgium...and Vlissingen . The province consists of a strip...joined the Union of Utrecht as one of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. The province was badly damaged by...
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