Clive H. Church (Canterbury University of Kent), Randolph C. Head (Riverside University of California)

A Concise History of Switzerland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive and engaging history of Switzerland traces the uncommon development of its society and state from its medieval origins to the present. The authors provide a fresh view that places Swiss history within a European context, adding a new perspective to the history of Europe as a whole.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Concise Histories
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 484g
• ISBN-13: 9780521143820
• ISBN-10: 0521143829
• Artikelnr.: 36617020

Autorenporträt

Clive Church is Emeritus Professor of European Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He has also been a Fellow of the French CNRS, a Visiting Professor at the University of Sussex and a National Research Fund Fellow at the Universität Freiburg in Switzerland. His recent publications include Swiss Politics and Government (2004) and, as editor, Switzerland and the EU (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations; List of figures; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: making the Swiss: time, myth and history; 1. Before Switzerland: lordship, communities and crises, c.1000-1386; 2. Creating the Swiss Confederacy, 1386-1520; 3. A divided Switzerland in Reformation Europe, 1515-1713; 4. The Ancien Regime, 1713-1798; 5. Revolution and contention, 1798-1848; 6. Forging the new nation, 1848-1914; 7. The shocks of war, 1914-1950; 8. The Sonderfall years, 1950-1990; 9. Since 1989: a return to normality?; Chronology; Glossary; Further reading; Index.

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List of illustrations; List of figures; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: making the Swiss: time, myth and history; 1. Before Switzerland: lordship, communities and crises, c.1000-1386; 2. Creating the Swiss Confederacy, 1386-1520; 3. A divided Switzerland in Reformation Europe, 1515-1713; 4. The Ancien Regime, 1713-1798; 5. Revolution and contention, 1798-1848; 6. Forging the new nation, 1848-1914; 7. The shocks of war, 1914-1950; 8. The Sonderfall years, 1950-1990; 9. Since 1989: a return to normality?; Chronology; Glossary; Further reading; Index.

Rezensionen

'These two specialists of pre-modern and modern Switzerland offer a cohesive narrative that not only highlights the particularities of Swiss history, but also its deep interrelations with European and global developments. Regardless of their excellent knowledge of even the most recent Swiss historiography, Head and Church take up a stance of their own in appraising achievements and shortcomings of a small but economically important country.' Thomas Maissen, Chair of Early Modern History, University of Heidelberg and author of Geschichte der Schweiz