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Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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Swiss Scene
Author: The Swiss Without Halos
Author: J. Christopher HeroldPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787201384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A fascinating and unbiased account of the Swiss people, their history and customs, their literature, art and science, religious turmoil and economic problems. “Don't sell this as a travel book. Actually, I could wish for a little more of that aura, but since it is not intended as such, that is mere quibbling. For here is an intellectual approach to the history, the geography, the political structure of a country that in many ways might serve as a microcosm of world federation in action. But the author has approached the subject realistically, and torn off the overlay of legend and story, showing a small country, protected from encroachments by its geographic expression, but far from being an oasis of peace. The cantons warred one with another; religious wars and civil wars tore them internally; the Catholic cantons attempted secession in 1848 and only then were the two major segments—Catholic and Protestant, brought together under one constitution. There were internecine class wars constantly. But by the end of the 15th century common sense dictated a common military organization of defense only to have the Reformation rip them asunder again. Finally the Congress of Vienna established the bound aries. Successive popular legends are gently dissected and disproved, and full circle is traced to Switzerland progresses from a peasant economy, to conquerors, soldiers of fortune, state monopolies, and back to unity of farmers and merchants. Names in the hall of fame, Voltaire, Rousseau, Amiel, and other writers; Pestalozzi, Henri Dumon, Zwingli—names internationally known in their fields; brief biographies integral to the overall picture of a people in a chronic state of political excitement, but yet able to evolve an aesthetic and cultural life, and a reputation for stability...Plenty of controversial but revealing material here; scholarly without being pedantic in style.”-Kirkus reviews
Coming Out Swiss
Author: Anne HerrmannPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299298434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Anne Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers in Coming Out Swiss a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. “Swissness”—even on its native soil a loose confederacy, divided by multiple languages, nationalities, religion, and alpen geography—becomes in the diaspora both nowhere (except in the minds of immigrants and their children) and everywhere, reflected in pervasive clichés. In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clichés (chocolate, secret bank accounts, Heidi, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, Swiss Family Robinson) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise (the “invention” of the Alps, the English Colony in Davos, Switzerland’s role during World War II, women students at the University of Zurich in the 1870s). She ponders, as well, marks of Swissness that have lost their identity in the diaspora (Sutter Home, Helvetica, Dadaism) and the enduring Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. Coming Out Swiss will appeal not just to the Swiss diaspora but also to those drawn to multi-genre writing that blurs boundaries between the personal and the historical.
Swiss Allmends
Author: F. ZinckePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368817558
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
The Forum
Author: Needle Exchange, Legalization, and the Failure of the Swiss Heroin Experiments
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal JusticePublisher:
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Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Composed for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra ... The Translation by Miss Louisa Vance. [Vocal Score by Woldemar Bargiel.]
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Author: Robert SchumannScenes and Impressions in Switzerland and the North of Italy, Together with Some Remarks on the Religious State of These Countries
Author: David Thomas Kerr DRUMMONDPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
swiss made software – the book vol. 5 „Fintech“
Author: Luc HaldimannPublisher: swiss made software gmbh
ISBN: 3038052183
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
swiss made software – Fintech is the fifth edition of our book series. Swiss fintech is on the rise – but its full economic potential is far from being exhausted. Some observers even appear to fear that any potential profits could be lost in the complicated interplay between the interests of regulators, companies, the state and consumers. The primary solution and guiding principle here is the push for more radical innovation for Switzerland’s banking center. What sort of hopes and criticism lie in store for 2016? swiss made software is trying to define the current status of this fascinating industry – an industry where global investment volumes tripled to more than 12.1 billion dollars in 2014. The book provides information on the current state of affairs in fintech, the strengths and activities of the various regions, crowdfunding, and the role played by the regulator, while also introducing stakeholders and explaining concepts like blockchain and Bitcoins. Volume 5 is rounded off with incisive specialist articles and interviews with renowned exponents of the Swiss IT industry.
Peoples and countries
Author: Joseph Russell SmithPublisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description