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A Concise History of Switzerland

2013-05-23
A Concise History of Switzerland

Author: Clive H. Church

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521194440

Category: History

Page: 325

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This comprehensive and engaging new history traces Switzerland's changeable development from its medieval origins to the present.

A Concise History of Switzerland

2013-05-23
A Concise History of Switzerland

Author: Clive H. Church

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9781107244191

Category: History

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Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the historical and cultural development of this fascinating but neglected European country from the end of the Dark Ages up to the present. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after 1500 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of 1848; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the 1930s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today.

The Pursuit of Power

2016-11-29
The Pursuit of Power

Author: Richard J. Evans

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9780735221215

Category: History

Page: 848

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An Economist Best Book of the Year “Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating.”—Stephen Schuker, The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling author of The Third Reich at War, a masterly account of Europe in the age of its global hegemony; the latest volume in the Penguin History of Europe series Richard J. Evans, bestselling historian of Nazi Germany, returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed Penguin History of Europe series, covering the period from the fall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I. Evans’s gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy, from the Russo-Turkish wars to the Balkan upheavals that brought this era of relative peace and growing prosperity to an end. Among the great themes it discusses are the decline of religious belief and the rise of secular science and medicine, the journey of art, music, and literature from Romanticism to Modernism, the replacement of old-regime punishments by the modern prison, the end of aristocratic domination and the emergence of industrial society, and the dramatic struggle of feminists for women’s equality and emancipation. Uniting the era’s broad-ranging transformations was the pursuit of power in all segments of life, from the banker striving for economic power to the serf seeking to escape the power of his landlord, from the engineer asserting society’s power over the environment to the psychiatrist attempting to exert science’s power over human nature itself. The first single-volume history of the century, this comprehensive and sweeping account gives the reader a magnificently human picture of Europe in the age when it dominated the rest of the globe.

A Concise History of Mining

2021-04-29
A Concise History of Mining

Author: Cedric.E. Gregory

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781000442922

Category: Technology & Engineering

Page: 216

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A history of mining. This revised edition in a way describes the history of civilization and the early development of nations. Where minerals and mining existed, they provided ingredients for weapons, wealth and world power. The text should be useful in today's period of developing countries.

Political Change in Switzerland

2016-06-10
Political Change in Switzerland

Author: Clive H. Church

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317443667

Category: Political Science

Page: 196

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Political Change in Switzerland explains the striking recent political developments in Switzerland, an important but surprisingly little known and often misunderstood country, aiming to dissipate prevailing myths about Switzerland in its European context. Firstly, the title provides an analysis of the way the practice and processes of Swiss politics have so dramatically changed over the last 25 years, setting out the differences between outside perceptions and changing Swiss realities. Secondly, it discusses how far the country has moved, from the stability of the post-war period to a new era of uncertainty, in which the so called Sonderfall, or special case, no longer seems to apply. In doing so it analyses the populist movement, centred on the Swiss People’s Party, examining its support and tactical operations, as well as the response of the establishment to the challenges the movement poses, both generally and where key questions of policy on foreigners and the EU are concerned. Finally, the title explains how much of this change is related to Europe, and discusses the prospects for Switzerland, Europe and the EU member states in the light of this new Swiss uncertainty. The way in which globalization has imposed new stresses on Switzerland, both in external policy and social terms, is the key theme of the title. These stresses have, in turn, encouraged the growth of a new populist movement, drawing on social classes previously supportive of other forces, and employing aggressive new tactics, creating a challenge that the establishment has found it hard to counter, so that stability has been compromised. As a result, Switzerland now faces two linked policy challenges, to find ways of accommodating unease about immigration and to devise a realistic and widely acceptable new relationship with the EU. The book’s underlying belief is that these changes have left the country divided and uncertain about its future. This title offers in-depth analysis of Switzerland's domestic and European politics and policies. It is also innovative in trying both to bring out the European roots of recent political changes in Switzerland and of the challenges these pose to the Swiss status quo and for the evolution of the EU and member states such as the United Kingdom. This is a book for those interested in Switzerland, academics, business people, diplomats, journalists and political commentators.

A Concise History of Hungary

2001-04-30
A Concise History of Hungary

Author: Miklós Molnár

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 0521667364

Category: History

Page: 396

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A comprehensive history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary.

A Concise History of the Cinema: Before 1940

1971
A Concise History of the Cinema: Before 1940

Author: Peter Cowie

Publisher:

ISBN: UCSC:32106017662443

Category: Motion pictures

Page: 226

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A two-volume work to provide the student and film follower with a balanced primary history of film featuring the work of over thirty contributors.

A Concise History of World War I

1965
A Concise History of World War I

Author: Vincent Joseph Esposito

Publisher:

ISBN: UCAL:B5029709

Category: World War, 1914-1918

Page: 440

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Indholdet: General Survey; Prelude to War; War Declared; Comparative Strenght of the Belligerents; Western Front 1914; Invasion of the Marne; Western Front, 1915-1917; Stalemate; Western Front, 1918, the Year of Decision; Eastern Front; Italian Front; Colonial and Japanese Campaigns; Turkish Campaigns; Balkan Campaigns; The War at Sea; The War in the Air; Diplomatic History of the War, negotiations during the War, termination of the War, Peace Conferences and Peace Treaties; The Postwar World