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Overview
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.Synopsis
Cook (history, Loyola U., New Orleans) reviews the history of small, densely populated, multinational, landlocked country from the Celtic and Roman times, through its independence in the 1830s, to the establishment in Brussels of the headquarters of the European Union. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2002
Publisher
Lang, Peter Publishing, Incorporated
Pages
205
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780820458243