Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. The United Nations Series IX
3. Editor's Preface XI
4. Contents XIII
5. List of Illustrations XXIII
6. MAPS XXIII
7. BELGIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM The Brabançonne XXV
8. Part One THE SCENE
9. CHAPTER I Land and People 3
10. Part Two HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
11. CHAPTER II From Caesar to 181 15
12. CHAPTER III The Dutch Regime {1814-1830} and the Kingdom of Belgium {1830-1840 25
13. CHAPTER IV Consolidation and Expansion of the Kingdom {1840-1914} 37
14. CHAPTER V In the First World War 53
15. CHAPTER VI Belgium between the Two World Wars 66
16. Part Three POLITICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
17. CHAPTER VII Constitution and Political Structure of Belgium 81
18. CHAPTER VIII Political Parties 93
19. CHAPTER IX The Flemish Movement 108
20. Part Four ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
21. CHAPTER X Foreign Policy91918 to 1940 129
22. CHAPTER XI The Agriculture of Belgium 148
23. CHAPTER XII Economic Development of Belgium 167
24. CHAPTER XIII Social Legislation 187
25. CHAPTER XIV Communications and Transportation 198
26. Part Five CULTURAL ASPECTS
27. CHAPTER XV The History of Christianity in Belgium 217
28. CHAPTER XVI Education in Belgium 226
29. CHAPTER XVII Science in Independent Belgium 239
30. CHAPTER XVIII Art in Belgium 256
31. CHAPTER XIX Architecture 274
32. CHAPTER XX Belgian Literature in the Dutch Language 286
33. CHAPTER XXI French Literature in Belgium 301
34. Note on Walloon Literature 314
35. CHAPTER XXII Belgian Music 318
36. Part Six BELGIAN CONGO
37. CHAPTER XXIII Geography 337
38. CHAPTER XXIV Peoples and Cultures 353
39. CHAPTER XXV Historical Development 366
40. CHAPTER XXVI Administrative Structure 380
41. CHAPTER XXVII Economic Development 386
42. CHAPTER XXVIII Health, Education, and Social Welfare 400
43. Part Seven SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER
44. CHAPTER XXIX Belgium under the Occupation 415
45. CHAPTER XXX Belgium in the Postwar World 429
46. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 443
47. INDEX 455