The Resource Brussels : a cultural and literary history, by Andre de Vries
Brussels : a cultural and literary history, by Andre de Vries
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- Summary
- From its humble origins as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant and then of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium. Today its name evokes European power politics and miniature cabbages, a world capital of beer, a paradise of chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally diverse, Brussels defies its stereotypes. Andre de Vries explores a city and country in perpetual search of an identity, still showing the scars of the Counter-Reformation, peopled by the "Spaniards of the North." He discovers a capital on the fault-line between Latin and Germanic cultures, with improbable hybrid languages. A city so down-to-earth the Bruxellois had to invent surrealism
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5
- City of Palaces: Royal Brussels
- Chapter 6
- The South: Mystics and Heretics
- Chapter 7
- Art for Sale: Brueghel, Surrealism, and High Culture
- Chapter 8
- The Road to Waterloo
- Chapter 9
- Theatre de la Monnaie: Birthplace of the Nation
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
- Vilvoorde and Molenbeek: The Industrial Revolution
- Chapter 11
- The Marolles: Working-Class Brussels
- Chapter 12
- An Empire of One's Own: Victor Horta and Art Nouveau
- Chapter 13
- Capital of Europe
- Chapter 14
- A New Kind of Visitor: Immigrant Brussels
- Ile St. Gery: A Swamp and an Invisible River
- Chapter 2
- The Grand-Place: The Rise of Brussels
- Chapter 3
- The Manneken Pis: Brussels' Oldest Citizen
- Chapter 4
- 4. Cathedrale St. Gudule: Saints, Sinners, and Cartoon Heroes
- Label
- Brussels : a cultural and literary history
- Title
- Brussels
- Title remainder
- a cultural and literary history
- Statement of responsibility
- by Andre de Vries
- Subject
-
- Popular culture -- Belgium | Brussels
- Manners and customs
- Belgium -- Brussels
- Literature
- History
- Popular culture
- Letterkunde
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Description and travel
- Brussels (Belgium) in literature
- Miscellanea
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Social life and customs
- Brussels (Belgium) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Social life and customs
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Description and travel
- Brussels (Belgium) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Intellectual life
- Kunst
- Travel
- Bouwkunst
- Brussels (Belgium) -- In literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From its humble origins as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant and then of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium. Today its name evokes European power politics and miniature cabbages, a world capital of beer, a paradise of chocolates and French fries. Yet Brussels is a city that has always been open to outsiders, to invaders and immigrants, always preserving its humanity. Architecturally rich and culturally diverse, Brussels defies its stereotypes. Andre de Vries explores a city and country in perpetual search of an identity, still showing the scars of the Counter-Reformation, peopled by the "Spaniards of the North." He discovers a capital on the fault-line between Latin and Germanic cultures, with improbable hybrid languages. A city so down-to-earth the Bruxellois had to invent surrealism
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Vries, André
- Dewey number
- 949.3/32
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DH804.9
- LC item number
- .D38 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cities of the imagination
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Popular culture
- Literature
- Manners and customs
- Popular culture
- Travel
- Belgium
- Bouwkunst
- Kunst
- Letterkunde
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium) in literature
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Brussels (Belgium)
- Label
- Brussels : a cultural and literary history, by Andre de Vries
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5
- City of Palaces: Royal Brussels
- Chapter 6
- The South: Mystics and Heretics
- Chapter 7
- Art for Sale: Brueghel, Surrealism, and High Culture
- Chapter 8
- The Road to Waterloo
- Chapter 9
- Theatre de la Monnaie: Birthplace of the Nation
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
- Vilvoorde and Molenbeek: The Industrial Revolution
- Chapter 11
- The Marolles: Working-Class Brussels
- Chapter 12
- An Empire of One's Own: Victor Horta and Art Nouveau
- Chapter 13
- Capital of Europe
- Chapter 14
- A New Kind of Visitor: Immigrant Brussels
- Ile St. Gery: A Swamp and an Invisible River
- Chapter 2
- The Grand-Place: The Rise of Brussels
- Chapter 3
- The Manneken Pis: Brussels' Oldest Citizen
- Chapter 4
- 4. Cathedrale St. Gudule: Saints, Sinners, and Cartoon Heroes
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039943693
- Label
- Brussels : a cultural and literary history, by Andre de Vries
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chapter 5
- City of Palaces: Royal Brussels
- Chapter 6
- The South: Mystics and Heretics
- Chapter 7
- Art for Sale: Brueghel, Surrealism, and High Culture
- Chapter 8
- The Road to Waterloo
- Chapter 9
- Theatre de la Monnaie: Birthplace of the Nation
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 10
- Vilvoorde and Molenbeek: The Industrial Revolution
- Chapter 11
- The Marolles: Working-Class Brussels
- Chapter 12
- An Empire of One's Own: Victor Horta and Art Nouveau
- Chapter 13
- Capital of Europe
- Chapter 14
- A New Kind of Visitor: Immigrant Brussels
- Ile St. Gery: A Swamp and an Invisible River
- Chapter 2
- The Grand-Place: The Rise of Brussels
- Chapter 3
- The Manneken Pis: Brussels' Oldest Citizen
- Chapter 4
- 4. Cathedrale St. Gudule: Saints, Sinners, and Cartoon Heroes
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039943693
Subject
- Belgium -- Brussels
- Bouwkunst
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Description and travel
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Description and travel
- Brussels (Belgium) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Brussels (Belgium) -- History -- Miscellanea
- Brussels (Belgium) -- In literature
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Intellectual life
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Social life and customs
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Social life and customs
- Brussels (Belgium) in literature
- History
- Kunst
- Letterkunde
- Literature
- Manners and customs
- Miscellanea
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- Belgium | Brussels
- Travel
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