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Belgium
Belgium: History
Alter, George. Family and the Female Life Course: The Women of Verviers, Belgium, 1849-1880. University of Wisconsin Press, 1988. A social history examining the changes in families during the Industrial Revolution in Belgium.
Bles, Mark. Child at War: The True Story of a Young Belgian Resistance Fighter. Mercury House, 1991. The experiences of Hortense Daman, a Belgian girl who joined the Resistance at the age of 13 and survived imprisonment at the Ravensbruck concentration camp. For high school readers.
Blom, J. C. H., and Emiel Lamberts, eds. History of the Low Countries. Berghahn, 1999. A one-volume history of Belgium and The Netherlands.
Kossman, Ernst Heinrich. Low Countries, 1780-1940. Oxford University Press, 1978. Scholarly history of Belgium (1789-1900) and The Netherlands (1898-1948).
Martens, Maximilian P. J., ed. Bruges and the Renaissance. Abrams, 1999. This lavishly illustrated study brings to life the Renaissance in Bruges.
Pietrusza, David. The Battle of Waterloo. Lucent, 1996. A study of events prior to, during, and after this famous battle.
Belgium: Politics, Society and Culture
Fox, Renee C. In the Belgian Chateau: The Spirit and Culture of a European Society in an Age of Change. Dee, 1994. A study of the changing social conditions of Belgium.
Pateman, Robert. Belgium. Marshall, 1995. An overview of the geography, history, culture, and people of Belgium. For middle school readers.
Roberts-Jones, Philippe, ed. Brussels: Fin de Siecle. Taschen, 1999. Illustrated survey of art nouveau architecture in Brussels.
Vlieghe, Hans. Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Yale University Press, 1998. Overview of art in the area around Antwerp, from the Pelican History of Art series.
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For younger readers
Burgan, Michael. Belgium. Children's Press, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Carrick, Noel. Belgium. Chelsea House, 1999. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Pateman, Robert. Belgium. Marshall Cavendish, 1998. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

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