Nationalism in Belgium
. Ed(S): Deprez, Kas; Vos, Louis
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Description for Nationalism in Belgium
Hardback. Examining shifting national identities in Belgium, this book is an attempt to show how these identities emerged and evolved. It explains why the Belgian identity has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competition with the new national loyalties. Editor(s): Deprez, Kas; Vos, Louis. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
This is a book about shifting national identities in Belgium. It is an attempt to show how these identities emerged and evolved. It aims at explaining why the Belgian identity, which in 1830 was so strong that it could create a new nation-state, has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competition with the new national loyalties. More and more people wonder whether this country will survive.
This is a book about shifting national identities in Belgium. It is an attempt to show how these identities emerged and evolved. It aims at explaining why the Belgian identity, which in 1830 was so strong that it could create a new nation-state, has become so weak that today it has to accept a mere overarching role above and in competition with the new national loyalties. More and more people wonder whether this country will survive.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
Number of Pages
281
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333657379
SKU
V9780333657379
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Deprez, Kas; Vos, Louis
ROELAND BEERTEN Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, KU Leuven CHRISTIAN BERG Professor of French Literature, Department of Romance Languages, UIA Antwerp JAAK BILLIET Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, KU Leuven JOS BOUVEROUS Journalist and Head of the News Service, Belgian Radio and Television PIET COUTTENIER Professor of Dutch Literature, UFSIA Antwerp PHILIPPE DESTATTE Historian ROLF FALTER Historian and Journalist ... Read more
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