Cruel Paradise: Life Stories of Dutch Emigrants AUTH-12270283 Only after World War II

Only after World War II did this village emerge from its Colonial traditions and begin to acquire more modern amenities and practices

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Harvard Review

Cruel Paradise: Life Stories of Dutch Emigrants AUTH-12270283 Only after World War IICruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. A skilled stylist with an unassuming presence, Hylke Speerstra brings readers along as he circles the globe interviewing transplanted Netherlanders in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Combining elements of memoir and travelogue, his narrative speaks to universal human experience as