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Beschreibung
This introductory overview of the Low Countries' history traces their development since Roman times, providing equal weighting to the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Paul Arblaster looks at political, cultural and social history, including the rise of the merchant classes, the Renaissance and Golden Age, and the two world wars of the twentieth-century. The final chapter has been expanded and revised to take into account developments since 2011. This third edition is thoroughly updated and revised throughout and benefits from our recently refreshed series design.
This timely and engaging narrative provides an invaluable starting-point for students of History focusing on the Low Countries, European Studies and Dutch studies.
This introductory overview of the Low Countries' history traces their development since Roman times, providing equal weighting to the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Paul Arblaster looks at political, cultural and social history, including the rise of the merchant classes, the Renaissance and Golden Age, and the two world wars of the twentieth-century. The final chapter has been expanded and revised to take into account developments since 2011. This third edition is thoroughly updated and revised throughout and benefits from our recently refreshed series design.
This timely and engaging narrative provides an invaluable starting-point for students of History focusing on the Low Countries, European Studies and Dutch studies.
Über den Autor
Paul Arblaster teaches at Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Zusammenfassung
Comprehensive: covers the entire history of the Low Countries, with emphasis on 20th and 21st Centuries
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. From Pagans to Crusaders
2. Patterns of Power and Piety
3. The Low Countries United and Divided
4. From Delftware to Porcelain
5. The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Order
6. World Wars and World Peace
Chronology of Major Events
Select List of Dynasties and Rulers
Select List of Political Parties and Governments since 1918
Selected Further Reading in English.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Regionalgeschichte
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: XXIV
308 S.
ISBN-13: 9781137611864
ISBN-10: 1137611863
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 978-1-137-61186-4
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Arblaster, Paul
Auflage: 3. Auflage
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Arblaster
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2018
Gewicht: 0,506 kg
Artikel-ID: 113963449