The low countries, 1780-1940 / by E.H. Kossmann
1978, First Edition. Oxford [England] New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #478977
ISBN: 0198221088
Physical description: ix, 784 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Contents: I. The revolutionary background, 11780-1795 -- 1. The Dutch Republic in the 1780s -- 2. The Austrian Netherlands in the 1780s -- II. The Great Revolution, 1792-1813 -- 1. A contrast : north and south during the French Revolution -- 2. The Southern Netherlands under French rule -- 3. The Batavian Revolution in the Northern Netherlands -- 4. The results -- III. The Great Netherlands hypothesis, 1813-1830 -- 1. The liberation of the low countries -- 2. William I's political system -- 3. The opposition to William I's system -- IV. In search of national principles, 1830-1848 -- 1. The Belgian Revolution -- 2. The Netherlands in the 1830s -- 3. Belgium in the 1830s -- 4. The Netherlands in the 1840s -- 5. Belgium in the 1840s -- V. Liberalism as a system, 1848-1879 -- 1. The character of the period -- 2. Belgium, 1848-1879 -- 3. The Netherlands, 1848-1879
VI. Towards democracy, 1879-1896 -- 1. Social tension and the franchise -- 2. The movements of the 1880s and radicalism -- 3. Socialist and confessional parties -- 4. Dutch domestic policy, 1887-1896 -- 5. Belgian domestic policy, 1884-1893 -- VII. Expansion, 1880-1914 -- 1. Belgian colonial policy -- 2. Dutch colonial policy -- 3. The Dutch economy -- 4. The Belgian economy -- 5. Dutch and Belgian foreign policy -- VIII. Synthesis, 1895-1914 -- 1. Culture -- 2. The Flemish movement -- 3. Political developments -- IX. War -- Belgium, 1914-1918 -- 2. The Netherlands, 1914-1918 -- 3. Belgian-Dutch relations in 1919 -- X. Stability -- 1. The character of the period -- 2. Belgian and Dutch foreign policy -- 3. Domestic developments -- 4. The Flemish problem -- 5. Economic developments -- 6. The colonial problem -- 7. A note on literature. Subjects: 1714-1948. Netherlands History 19th and 20th centuries. Netherlands History 1714-1795. Netherlands History 19th century. Netherlands History 20th century.
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