Brussels: A Cultural and Literary HistoryPopularly evoking images of European power politics and miniature cabbages, beer-drinking, chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels, for all its reputation for bureaucracy and extravagance, is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally sophisticated, this European capital defies its stereotypes. |
Contents
THE RISE OF BRUSSELS | 28 |
CHAPTER THREE | 50 |
SAINTS SINNERS | 66 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 80 |
CHAPTER | 99 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 120 |
Birthplace of | 153 |
THE INDUSTRIAL | 171 |
VICTOR HORTA | 210 |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN | 226 |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN | 238 |
FURTHER READING 251 | 251 |
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