Author: Harlan Hoge BallardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Swiss Cross
Author: Harlan Hoge BallardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
The Swiss Cross
Author: The Swiss Cross, a Monthly Magazine of Popular Science
Author: Dunant's Dream
Author: Caroline MooreheadPublisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
ISBN: 9780786706099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Chronicles the history of the Red Cross, from its nineteenth-century humanitarian origins to the complex moral dilemmas it has faced in the twentieth-century
Slow Train to Switzerland
Author: Diccon BewesPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1857889762
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
A travel diary from 1863 inspires author Diccon Bewes to retrace Thomas Cook's historic train trip that revolutionized tourism forever.
Switzerland
Author: International Monetary Fund. European Dept.Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1475560427
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Switzerland withstood relatively well the sharp appreciation that followed the exit from the exchange rate floor. Economic performance has continued to firm in 2016 with support from domestic and external demand. GDP growth is forecast to reach 1.5 percent in 2016, and to stabilize at 1.7 percent over the medium term. Inflation is expected to return to positive territory in 2017 and to continue to rise to the middle of the target band. However, important external and domestic risks could affect this outlook, including resurgence in global financial market volatility, renewed concerns about the financial health of large global banks, and changes in Swiss–European Union economic relations.
The Swiss and the Nazis
Author: Stephen HalbrookPublisher: Casemate
ISBN: 1612000290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
The award-winning author of Target Switzerland uses “a wide breadth of research to attempt to answer why Switzerland escaped the Nazi onslaught” (Daly History Blog). While surrounded by the Axis powers in World War II, Switzerland remained democratic and, unlike most of Europe, never succumbed to the siren songs and threats of the Nazi goliath. This book tells the story with emphasis on two voices rarely heard. One voice is that of scores of Swiss who lived in those dark years, told through oral history. They mobilized to defend the country, labored on the farms, and helped refugees. The other voice is that of Nazi Intelligence, those who spied on the Swiss and planned subversion and invasion. Exhaustive documents from the German military archives reveals a chilling rendition of attack plans which would be dissuaded in part by Switzerland’s armed populace and Alpine defenses. Laced with unique maps and photos, the book reveals how the Swiss mobilized an active “spiritual defense” of their country—including the use of the press and cabaret as weapons against totalitarianism—and explores the role of women in the military and economy, the role of Jewish officers in the highest levels of the Swiss army, and the role of Switzerland itself as America’s window on the Reich. “Halbrook succeeds not only in achieving a thorough analysis of Switzerland’s armed neutrality, but also in revealing through their own voices the willingness of ordinary citizens to accept total war in order to preserve their freedom.”—Swiss American Historical Society Review
The History of Switzerland, for the Swiss People
Author: Heinrich ZschokkePublisher: New York : C.S. Francis ; London : S. Low
ISBN:
Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Capitalism, the Swiss Model
Author: Alan W. ErtlPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491893583
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
An economic survey of the Swiss economy, demonstrating successful functional capitalism.
Switzerland and Migration
Author: Barbara LüthiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319942476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book explores the history of migration in Switzerland from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It brings together recent scholarship on Switzerland in the field of cultural and migration studies, as well as migration history, and combines various research approaches from postcolonial studies, transnational studies, border studies, and history of knowledge. Since the late nineteenth century, Switzerland has gradually transformed into a migration society, becoming one of the countries in Europe with the highest percentage of migrant population. While migration has become one of most contentious issues in Swiss public and political debates, the volume also shows how migrants have developed various strategies to deal with the country’s discriminatory policies and distinct institutional settings. The authors of the volume convincingly challenge the view that Switzerland still does not represent a migration (or even post-migrant) society and substantially contributes to the long overdue acknowledgement of Switzerland in migration history and studies at the international level.