Belgium: A History
- ISBN-10
- 0820458244
- ISBN-13
- 9780820458243
- Series
- Belgium
- Category
- Belgium
- Pages
- 228
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Author
- Bernard A. Cook
Description
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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