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Flanders : a cultural history / André de Vries.
Van Pelt Library DH801.F443 D35 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Vries, André, 1953-
- Series:
- Landscapes of the imagination
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture.
- Flanders--Civilization.
- Flanders.
- Flanders--History.
- Flanders (Belgium)--Social life and customs.
- Flanders (Belgium).
- Popular culture--Belgium--Flanders.
- National characteristics, Flemish.
- Belgium--Flanders.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Andre de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780195314939
- 019531493X
- OCLC:
- 78893563
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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