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An examination of the evolution of national and cultural identity in French Flanders over a period of 200 years.
This study examines the evolution of national and regional, cultural and political identities in that northern region of France which borders Belgium, over the two centuries which followed the French Revolution. During that time the region was transformed by the development of the industrial economy, population shifts, war and occupation, and numerous changes of political regime. Through an analysis of a wide range of issues, including language, regional and national political movements, educational policy, attitudes towards immigrants and the border, the press, trade unions, and the church - as well as the attitude of the French State - the author questions traditional interpretations of the process of national assimilation in France. At the same time he illustrates how the Franco-Belgian border, originally an arbitrary line through a culturally homogeneous region, became not only a significant marker forthe identity of the French Flemish, but a real cultural division.
TIMOTHY BAYCROFT is lecturer in French history, University of Sheffield.
This study examines the evolution of national and regional, cultural and political identities in that northern region of France which borders Belgium, over the two centuries which followed the French Revolution. During that time the region was transformed by the development of the industrial economy, population shifts, war and occupation, and numerous changes of political regime. Through an analysis of a wide range of issues, including language, regional and national political movements, educational policy, attitudes towards immigrants and the border, the press, trade unions, and the church - as well as the attitude of the French State - the author questions traditional interpretations of the process of national assimilation in France. At the same time he illustrates how the Franco-Belgian border, originally an arbitrary line through a culturally homogeneous region, became not only a significant marker forthe identity of the French Flemish, but a real cultural division.
TIMOTHY BAYCROFT is lecturer in French history, University of Sheffield.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 248
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
Publication Date:
15 August 2013
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9781843838395
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / France, European history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, General and world history
Extremely helpful in broadening our knowledge and understanding of both the regionalist movement and the French nation-building process at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century.
Introduction
The Westhoek and cultural evolution
National and regional politics
Structural change and identity
Republican politics of national integration in the Westhoek
The Catholic Church in French Flanders
The Labour movement
Local interest groups
The Belgian Flemish Movement
The Westhoek and cultural evolution
National and regional politics
Structural change and identity
Republican politics of national integration in the Westhoek
The Catholic Church in French Flanders
The Labour movement
Local interest groups
The Belgian Flemish Movement