Collection of papers based on a conference held September 2004 in Amsterdam.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Of weeds and wall flowers : small Dutch ethnic communities in North America / Hans Krabbendam and George Harinck -- Still bowling together : social capital of Dutch Protestant immigrant groups in North America / Peter Ester -- Walls or bridges? : acculturation processes in the Reformed and Christian Reformed churches in North America / Robert Swierenga -- Pietism beyond patria : a Dutch religious heritage in America / Fred van Lieburg -- Piety beyond the palisades : the true Reformed Dutch Church, 1822-1924 / Richard Harms -- The struggle of the Netherlands Reformed congregations / Laurens Vogelaar -- The Protestant Reformed churches : organization, roots, and future / Jon Huisken -- Between 'old' and 'free' : the Free Reformed churches of North America / Arie Baars -- The Canadian Reformed churches : continuity and (some) change, 1950-2005 / Frederika Oosterhoff -- Preservation of the language and perseverance of the saints : critical comments on religious orthodoxy and the loss of the native tongue / Jaap van Marle -- When perfection comes : Dutch Pentecostal immigrants in America / Cees van der Laan -- In the shadow of the 'Schut' : Dutch Roman-Catholic emigration to the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin / Lucas Ligtenberg -- Building the house of the future : Van Eeden Colony, dream and reality, 1909-1921 / Marianne Mooijweer -- From Loosduinen to Los Angeles : the transatlantic flow of social capital through a Dutch immigrant family, 1910-1940 / Hans Krabbendam -- The Dutch immigrants of Southern California and the dairy industry, 1920-1960 / Trudy V. Selleck -- 'Those Dutchmen do have a wild look about them' : the Christian Labour Association of Canada and the Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond in the Netherlands, 1952-1958 / Paul E. Werkman -- 'Unholy mess' : the IRM California real estate investment debacle of the 1990s and the Christian Reformed Church in North America / Robert P. Swierenga -- Dutch communities in an American setting / Gerard Dekker