19th century
20th century
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Author_Timothy Baycroft
border
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church
cultural division
cultural identity
educational policy
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evolution
Franco-Belgian border
French Flanders
French Revolution
French State
immigrants
industrial economy
language
national identity
occupation
political movements
political regime
population shifts
press
regional identity
Timothy Baycroft
trade unions
University of Sheffield
war
Product details
- ISBN 9781843838395
- Weight: 376g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Aug 2013
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
