Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. Introduction. WORKERS INTO BELGIANS, FLEMINGS, AND WALLOONS 1
5. Chapter 1. A SOCIALIST PILLAR OF A HYPERLIBERAL STATE 11
6. PART I. Trickle-Down Nationalism: The Institutional Forces of Nation-Building
7. Chapter 2. VOTING THE NATION 33
8. Chapter 3. NATIONALIST CELEBRATIONS AND MASS ENTERTAINMENT 43
9. Chapter 4. AN ANTI-MILITARISTIC STATE IN MILITARISTIC TIMES 55
10. Chapter 5. THE ROYAL AND COLONIAL PARADOX 71
11. Chapter 6. SCHOOLING THE NATION 87
12. PART II. Everyday Nationalism: Performing the Nation in Daily Life
13. Chapter 7. ENCOUNTERS WITH THE BELGIAN FLAG AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 105
14. Chapter 8. PROLETARIAN TWEETS 125
15. Chapter 9. LANGUAGE, THE FLEMISH MOVEMENT, AND THE NATION 145
16. Epilogue. THE FIRST WORLD WAR 163
17. NOTES 175
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 229
19. INDEX 257