... in the context of the part playedby the press in the political upheavals of the time. The collection ex-amines the relationship between newspapers and public opinion, andattempts to define their ... one on the concept of Fatherland in the Netherlandsfrom early modern times till World War II and one on Dutch lieux-de-m´emoire.AcknowledgementsWe are grateful to the following, for their generous ... newspapers, their level of independence frompatronage and their political roles. Moreover, they describe the journal-istic texts, their presentation and format, the topics they covered, theway issues...