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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: de VriesPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780195314939ISBN 10: 019531493 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 11 June 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: 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 & Historical Names Index of PlacesReviewsInformative and lucid.... De Vries's writing is vivid. --T. Goyens, CHOICE The book is well written, entertaining, easy to read, and contains an impressive range of interesting facts, anecdotes, and information about the composite parts of Flanders. Its strength is the range of material, and the ability of the author to relate the political, cultural, and artistic elements to one another, to create a wellpresented, rounded vision of the historical landscape of Flanders. -- The Historian Well written, entertaining, easy to read, and contains an impressive range of interesting facts, anecdotes, and information about the composite parts of Flanders. -Timothy Baycroft, The Historian <br> Informative and lucid.... De Vries's writing is vivid. --T. Goyens, CHOICE<br> The book is well written, entertaining, easy to read, and contains an impressive range of interesting facts, anecdotes, and information about the composite parts of Flanders. Its strength is the range of material, and the ability of the author to relate the political, cultural, and artistic elements to one another, to create a wellpresented, rounded vision of the historical landscape of Flanders. -- The Historian<br> Informative and lucid.... De Vries's writing is vivid. --T. Goyens, CHOICE<br> Author InformationAndré de Vries, a native of Ghent, is a writer and translator with a particular interest in Flemish. He is also the author of Brussels: A Cultural and Literary History. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |