A House Divided
Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish Nationalists in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
420 pages
978-0-585-11414-9 (ISBN)
Description
The first book to explore the historical development of Belgian politics, this groundbreaking study of the rivalry between Catholicism, Socialism and nationalism is essential reading for anyone interested in Europe before World War I.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-585-11414-9 (9780585114149)
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Carl Strikwerda
A House Divided
Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish Nationalists in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
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Rowman & Littlefield
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Persons
Carl Strikwerda is associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, and the coeditor, with Camille Guerin-Gonzales, of The Politics of Immigrant Workers: Labor Activism and Migration in the World Economy Since 1930.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Maps of Belgium, Brussels, and Liège
- List of Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Part One: The Problem and the Setting
- 1: The Problem of Mass Politics
- 2: Politics, Economy, and Language in Belgium
- 3: The Seedbed of Change: Working-Class Organizations before 1886
- Part Two: The Dream in Revolt
- 4: The Creation of Socialist Movements, 1886-1905
- 5: The Creation of a Socialist "State within a State" in Ghent
- 6: National Leadership and Craft Unionism in Brussels
- 7: Political Power and Socialist Disorganization in Liège
- Part Three: The Crusade against Socialism
- 8: The Rise of Christian Democratic Movements, 1886 to 1905
- 9: Catholic Workers' Organizations in Ghent, Brussels, and Liège
- Part Four: Failed Ideologies
- 10: The Working Class in Conflict and the Creation of Pluralism, 1905 to 1914
- 11: The Transformation of Socialist and Catholic Working-Class Movements in Ghent, 1905 to 1914
- 12: Socialist and Catholic Transformation in Brussels, 1905 to 1914
- 13: Socialism and Syndicalism in Liège, 1905 to 1914
- Part Five: From the Nineteenth to the Twentieth Century
- 14: Working-Class Movements, Mass Politics, and Pluralism, 1875 to 1940
- Appendix: Strike Statistics by Province and Industry, 1896-1910
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
