Beschreibung

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

Autorentext

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 Universitat Freiburg in Switzerland. His recent publications include Swiss Politics and Government (2004) and, as editor, Switzerland and the EU (2006). Randolph Head is Professor of European History at the University of California. He has held fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study, the American Philosophical Society and the Newberry Library. His publications on early modern Switzerland include numerous articles and essays along with two books, Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons (1995) and Jenatsch's Axe (2008).

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

Abbreviations; List of illustrations, figures and maps; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Before Switzerland: lordship, communities and crises, ca.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. Return to normality? Since 1989; Guide to further reading; Index.

Produktinformationen

Titel:	A Concise History of Switzerland
Untertitel:	Cambridge Concise Histories
Autor:	Clive H. Church   Randolph C. Head
EAN:	9780521143820
ISBN:	978-0-521-14382-0
Format:	Kartonierter Einband
Herausgeber:	Cambridge University Press
Genre:	Geschichte
Anzahl Seiten:	324
Gewicht:	481g
Größe:	H217mm x B139mm x T17mm
Jahr:	2013
Auflage:	9. Dr.