Brussels: A Cultural and Literary History

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Signal Books, 2003 - 264 sider
Popularly 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.

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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
INDEX OF PLACES LANDMARKS 261
261
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