World War I and redevelopment. The reconstruction of the countryside and the farming landscape in Flanders KU Leuven
This dissertation analyses the reconstruction of the Belgian countryside after the First World War. The study starts from the hypothesis that post-war recovery was characterized by a growing belief in the benefits of social engineering. Although historians generally situate the advent of social engineering after 1945, this dissertation shows that already during the First World War plans were made to rationally reconstruct society. Three ...