Brussels Format: General/trade

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Book Series: Interlink Cultural Histories Ser. Type: book Language: English ISBN: 9781566564724 Book Title: Brussels : a Cultural History Item Length: 8 in height: 0.9 in Genre: Travel, Social Science Author: André De Vries Intended Audience: General/trade Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated Topic: Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), Sociology / General, Popular Culture Publication Year: 2002 Item Height: 0.9 in width: 5.2 in Format: Trade Paperback Illustrator: Yes Item Width: 5.2 in Narrative Type: book Item Weight: 12 Oz Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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Brussels Format: General/trade. Starting out as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium. Today its name popularly evokes Eurocrat megalomania and miniature cabbages, its image Starting out as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium. Today its name popularly evokes Eurocrat megalomania and miniature cabbages, its image