The Low Countries 1780-1940 (Oxford History of Modern Europe)

This history of Belgium and the Netherlands is the first major study in English to treat them as nations in their own right, while placing them in a wider European and world context. Preface Contents Introduction I. The Revolutionary Background, 1780-1795 II. The Great Revolution, 1792-1813 III. The Great Netherlands Hypothesis, 1813-1830 IV. In Search of National Principles, 1830-1848 V. Liberalism As a System, 1848-1879 VI. Towards Democracy, 1879-1896 VII. Expansion, 1880-1914 VIII. Synthesis, 1895-1914 IX. War X. Stability, 1919-1939 Epilogue: 1780-1880-1980 Appendix I. Chronological Table Appendix II. Belgian and Dutch Cabinets, 1815-1940 Bibliography Bibliographical Index General Index By E. H. Kossmann. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [734]-756.