Belgium: A HistoryPeter Lang, 2002 - Broj stranica: 205 Although Belgium has only been an independent state since the 1830s, it has a long and complex past. This history is essential for understanding the complexities of issues that led to a devolution of the unitary Belgian state into a federation of linguistically based regions. In addition to the elements that contributed to Belgium's particular political evolution, the history which is traced in this book is a composite of many themes of broad historical interest and importance. Belgium: A History covers the gamut of Belgian history through dramas of religious and cultural conflict, intense localism, state building, uneven development, divergent class interests, war and domination, and finally, integration into a larger European community. |
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The Struggle with France | 12 |
The Spanish Netherlands | 32 |
The French Revolution and Napoleon | 49 |
The Kingdom of Belgium | 63 |
From Midcentury to the First World War | 77 |
World War I | 91 |
Between the Wars | 113 |
Belgium Since 1945 | 132 |
Kings Prime Ministers and Governments | 147 |
Bibliography | 187 |
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