Dutchification
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Dutchification (Dutch: vernederlandsing ) is the spread of the Dutch language, people or the culture of the Netherlands, either by force or cultural assimilation.
Dutchification (Dutch: vernederlandsing ) is the spread of the Dutch language, people or the culture of the Netherlands, either by force or cultural assimilation.
Belgium
In Belgium, the Dutchification of education in Flanders was an essential part, arguably the most important, of the political objectives of the Flemish Movement, a social movement seeking acknowledgement of the Dutch speakers' language and culture. When Belgium was established in 18301, the francophone government oppressed the Dutch-speaking populace. The Dutch language was banned from secondary and higher education, politics, and justice in favour of French. Hence Dutchification in Belgium largely refers to the process of replacing French as the language of social mobility in Flanders.
New Netherland
In the toponymy of New Netherland, a 17th-century province in North America, Dutchification is seen in many place names based in Delaware languages. For the concept of Dutchification in colonial North America, see: John M. Murrin, "English Rights as Ethnic Aggression: The English Conquest, the Charter of Liberties of 1683, ... suggests that "Batavianization" played as significant a role as "Anglicization" in early New York. Also: Richard C. Simmons (1976): The American colonies: from settlement to independence Joyce D. Goodfriend (1994): Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730 Jeremy Adelman, Stephen Aron (2001): Trading cultures: the worlds of Western merchants: essays on authority Ned C. Landsman: Crossroads of Empire: The Middle Colonies in British North America Amy Turner Bushnell (1995): Establishing exceptionalism: historiography and the colonial Americas
Suriname
Indonesia
For more on Dutchification in the Dutch East Indies, see: Gerald H. Krausse (1988): Urban Society in Southeast Asia: Political and cultural issues
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