Culture, Identity and Nationalism: French Flanders in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

by Timothy Baycroft

This study examines the evolution of national and regional, cultural and political identities in that northern region of France which borders Belgium, over the two centuries which followed the French Revolution. During that time the region was transformed by the development of the industrial economy, population shifts, war and occupation, and numerous changes of political regime. Through an analysis of a wide range of issues, including language, regional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843838397
• ISBN13: 9781843838395
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"