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The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands

Beyond Flanders Fields

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Editors:
  1. Felicity Rash

    1. Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Christophe Declercq

    1. University College London, London, United Kingdom

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  • Considers the consequences of the First World War on Belguim and the Netherlands

  • Provides a interdisciplinary approach, considering cultural representations of the Low Counties in language, gender, print media and art

  • Fills a gap in First World War historiography by considering the impact of war on historically overlooked countries

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. When Neutrality Cannot Protect Against Belligerence: The Position of the Low Countries Seen from Beyond Flanders Fields

    • Felicity Rash
    Pages 1-11

  3. “A Less-Than-Total Total War”: Neutrality, Invasion, and the Stakes of War, 1914–1918

    • Sophie De Schaepdrijver
    Pages 13-34

  4. The Flames of Louvain: Total War and the Destruction of European High Culture in Belgium by German Occupying Forces in August 1914

    • John P. Williams
    Pages 35-47

  5. Furies, Spies and Fallen Women: Gender in German Public Discourse About Belgium, 1914–1918

    • Sebastian Bischoff
    Pages 49-64

  6. The Cultural Mobilization of Language and Race During the First World War: The Interaction Between Dutch and Belgian Intellectuals in Response to the German Flamenpolitik

    • Tessa Lobbes
    Pages 65-94

  7. Which Belgium After the War? German Academics Dealing with the First World War and Its Aftermath

    • Geneviève Warland
    Pages 95-120

  8. Belgian Exile Press in Britain

    • Christophe Declercq
    Pages 121-141

  9. Trapped in Occupied Brussels: Roberto J. Payró’s War Experience, 1914–1915

    • María Inés Tato
    Pages 143-161

  10. A Cambro-Belgian in the Great War: Frank Brangwyn as Artist and Activist

    • Hugh Dunthorne
    Pages 163-178

  11. The Low Countries as Enemies, 1918–1920

    • Hubert P. van Tuyll
    Pages 179-197

  12. Westfront Nieuwpoort: The (Collected) Memory of the Belgian Front

    • Karen Shelby
    Pages 199-219

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 221-226
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About this book

This book addresses the many avenues that are still left unexplored when it comes to our understanding of the First World War in the Low Countries. With the ongoing the centenary of the Great War, many events have been organized in the United Kingdom to commemorate its military events, its socio-political consequences, and its cultural legacy. Of these events, very few have paid attention to the fates of Belgium or the Netherlands, even though it was the invasion of Belgium in August 1914 that was the catalyst for Great Britain declaring war. The occupation of Belgium had long-term consequences for its people, but much of the military and social history of the Western Front concentrates on northern France, and the Netherlands is largely forgotten as a nation affected by the First World War. By opening the field beyond the military and beyond the front, this collection explores the interdisciplinary and international nature of the Great War.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Felicity Rash

  • University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Christophe Declercq

About the editors

Felicity Rash is Professorial Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
Christophe Declercq is Senior Lecturer in Translation at the Centre for Translation Studies at University College London, UK, and Lecturer at University Leuven, Belgium.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Great War in Belgium and the Netherlands

  • Book Subtitle: Beyond Flanders Fields

  • Editors: Felicity Rash, Christophe Declercq

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73108-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73107-0Published: 16 July 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10316-3Published: 28 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73108-7Published: 02 July 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 226

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Modern Europe, History of Military, Modern History, Cultural History, Social History

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