Belgium in the long nineteenth century
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Belgium in the long nineteenth century
But Britain and the USA saw another Germany in the smouldering ashes of the Second Reich. The seeds of democracy and economic prosperity that had been sown by Bismarck had led to the slow and tender growth of a different national vision for Germany, one that would find its identity and its place amongst the nations of the world through trade, stabi
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For industrializing societies, the nineteenth century had been one of relatively easy expansion. The United States spread west, Russia spread east, and the European powers turned south, toward colonies in Asia and Africa. Yet by the century’s end, it looked finished. Indian Country had been ground down to a small nub, Africa was carved up, and even
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