A House Divided Catholics, Socialists, and Flemish Nationalists in Nineteenth-Century Belgium

by Strikwerda, Carl; Chen, Xiangming; Cumings, Bruce,; Gereffi, Gary; Hu-DeHart, Evelyn; Nonini, Donald M.; M. Tadiar, Neferti Xina; Wilson, Rob; Woo-Cumings, Meredith; Woodside, Alexander

• ISBN13: 9780847685271
• ISBN10: 0847685276
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-29
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Maps of Belgium, Brussels, and Liege
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
The Problem of Mass Politics	p. 1
Politics, Economy, and Language in Belgium	p. 27
The Seedbed of Change: Working-Class Organizations before 1886	p. 71
The Creation of Socialist Movements, 1886-1905	p. 109
The Creation of a Socialist "State within a State" in Ghent	p. 113
National Leadership and Craft Unionism in Brussels	p. 141
Political Power and Socialist Disorganization in Liege	p. 175
The Rise of Christian Democratic Movements, 1886 to 1905	p. 213
Catholic Workers' Organizations in Ghent, Brussels, and Liege	p. 229
The Working Class in Conflict and the Creation of Pluralism, 1905 to 1914	p. 271
The Transformation of Socialist and Catholic Working-Class Movements in Ghent, 1905 to 1914	p. 283
Socialist and Catholic Transformation in Brussels, 1905 to 1914	p. 325
Socialism and Syndicalism in Liege, 1905 to 1914	p. 373
Working-Class Movements, Mass Politics, and Pluralism, 1875 to 1940	p. 401
Strike Statistics by Province and Industry, 1896-1910	p. 421
Bibliography	p. 425
Index	p. 449
About the Author	p. 455
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