Brussels, two faces, or even three?
Brussels used to be the capital of the 17 provinces forming the Lower Lands?till 1584. Then the north (the Republic of the Seven Provinces) separated: subsequent wars continued the split between north and south. The south oriented itself towards the continent under Spanish and Austrian rule, the north looked overseas. Calvinists dominated the north, Roman-Catholics the south. Mentalities grew apart and it was quite logical that the attempts to unite again after Napoleonic times failed. Now the south had to wrestle independence from the north. The new state, with Brussels as its capital was conceived as a Unitarian one but had two cultures: Wallon (French speaking) and Flemish (Dutch speaking). It took the Flemish almost a hundred years to get equal status for their language. In the meantime Brussels turned slowly from a predominantly Dutch speaking city into a French speaking city. Nowadays Belgium is a federal kingdom with 3 regions (Vlaanderen, Walloni? Bruxelles/Brussel) of which 2 consider Brussels as their regional capital. There are 3 cultures (including a German speaking one in the east of the country) and all of them come together in Brussels, where the federal government is.
国际会议
The 4th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology(第四届固体废物管理与技术国际会议)
北京
英文
175
2009-11-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）