THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA
TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO, FUKUOKA, SENDAI

THE MISSION BOOK COMPANY
SHANGHAI

A SHORT HISTORY
OF BELGIUM

BY
LÉON VAN DER ESSEN, PH.D., LL.D.
Professor of History in the University of Louvain
Member of the Royal Academy of Archaeology
of Belgium

Second Revised and Enlarged Edition with
a Special Chapter on “Belgium
During the Great War”

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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