LEADER 04303nam 22007095 450 001 9910799207503321 005 20251008133640.0 010 $a9783031109171 010 $a3031109171 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-10917-1 035 $a(CKB)29476197500041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31046371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31046371 035 $a(OCoLC)1416748382 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-10917-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929476197500041 100 $a20231228d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefending French in Flanders, 1873?1974 $eBetween Liberty and Identity /$fby David J. Hensley 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (371 pages) 311 08$a9783031109164 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Dominance Challenged: The French-Speakers of Flanders and Calls for Linguistic Equality before World War I -- Chapter 3: A War of Words: Invasion, Occupation, and the Shattering of Flanders?s Linguistic Equilibrium, 1914-1918 -- Chapter 4: From Resurgence to Retreat: The French-Speakers of Flanders from the End of World War I to the Language Laws of the 1930s -- Chapter 5: An Uneasy Status Quo, 1932-1960 -- Chapter 6: Decline and Fall: The Last Fights for French in Flanders, 1960-1974 -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Continued Presence of the Francophones of Flanders. 330 $aThis book examines the efforts of the French-speaking minority in Flanders, Belgium to maintain a legal and social presence of the French language in Flemish public life. Chronologically, the study is bookended by two developments, almost exactly a century apart. In 1873, the first laws were passed which required the use of Dutch in some aspects of public administration in Flanders, challenging the de facto use of French among the Flemish ruling class. One hundred and one years later, the last French daily newspaper in Flanders collapsed, marking the end of a once-vibrant French-language public sphere in Flanders. The author contends that the methods and arguments by which French speakers defended the role of French in Flemish public life changed along with the social and political situation of this minority. As the Flemish movement grew over the course of the twentieth century, French speakers? appeals to the ?free choice? of language lost traction, and they put forwardclaims that they represented an ethnolinguistic minority who deserved protection for their mother tongue. Providing new insights for scholars of European history, and in conversation with the literature on liberalism, national identity, and Francophonie, this book demonstrates how the debate over the role of French in Flanders was at the center of Belgium?s ethnolinguistic conflict ? the repercussions of which continue to be felt to this day. David J. Hensley is Associate Professor of History at Georgia Highlands College, USA. He previously taught at Queen?s University Belfast and the University of Central Oklahoma. 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aFrance$xHistory 606 $aLanguage and languages 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aSocial history 606 $aHistory of Modern Europe 606 $aHistory of France 606 $aLanguage History 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aCultural History 606 $aSocial History 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aFrance$xHistory. 615 0$aLanguage and languages. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 14$aHistory of Modern Europe. 615 24$aHistory of France. 615 24$aLanguage History. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aSocial History. 676 $a940.903 700 $aHensley$b David J$01586493 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799207503321 996 $aDefending French in Flanders, 1873?1974$94451626 997 $aUNINA