Belgium: A History - Studies in Modern European History, vol.50
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Belgium: A History - Studies in Modern European History, vol.50
Bernard A. Cook, Belgium: A History (Studies in Modern European History, V. 50)
Peter Lang Pub Inc | ISBN 0820458244 | 2004 | PDF | 2 MB | 210 pages
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.
