Flanders : a cultural history /

Flanders : a cultural history /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	De Vries, André, 1953-
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description:	xxiii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Landscapes of the imagination
Subject:	Popular culture -- Belgium -- Flanders. National characteristics, Flemish. Civilization. Manners and customs. National characteristics, Flemish. Popular culture. Flanders -- Civilization. Flanders -- History. Flanders (Belgium) -- Social life and customs. Belgium -- Flanders. Europe -- Flanders. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6424974

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ISBN:	9780195314939 (hardcover : alk. paper) 019531493X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
My Mostly Flat Country
Chapter One. War, Language and Flemish Freedom
Chapter Two. Religion and Folklore
Chapter Three. Food, Drink and Popular Culture
Chapter Four. Ghent and the Gate to Hell
Chapter Five. East Flanders and the Scheldt
Chapter Six. Bruges: Petrified Dreams
Chapter Seven. Ypres and the First World War
Chapter Eight. The Coast and West Flanders
Chapter Nine. Antwerp: City of Rubens
Chapter Ten. Brussels, Leuven and Mechelen
Chapter Eleven. The Kempen and Limburg
Chapter Twelve. New Landscapes and Dutch Flanders
Chapter Thirteen. French Flanders
Further Reading
Index of Literary and Historical Names
Index of Places