A CONCISE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Clive H. Church,Randolph C. Head | 339 pages | 15 Jul 2013 | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS | 9780521143820 | English | Cambridge, United Kingdom A Concise History of Switzerland by Clive H. Church Use ILLiad for articles and chapter scans. You can also use ILLiad to request chapter scans and articles. Phrase Searching You can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. Wildcard Searching If you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a "wildcard" for one or more letters. You can use? Advanced Searching Our Advanced Search tool lets you easily search multiple fields at the same time and combine terms in complex ways. See the help page for more details. Want to get more out of the basic search box? Read about Search Operators for some powerful new tools. Series: Cambridge concise histories. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. A Concise History of Switzerland available in Paperback. Add to Wishlist. Sign in to Purchase Instantly. Temporarily Out of Stock Online Please check back later for updated availability. Overview 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 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of ; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the s; 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. His publications on early modern Switzerland include numerous articles and essays along with two books, Early Modern Democracy in the Grisons and Jenatsch's Axe Table of Contents 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. Creating the Swiss Confederacy, ; 3. Table of Contents: A concise history of Switzerland / Head , Randolph Conrad Head. 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 and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of ; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the s; and the unparalleled economic and social growth and political success of the post-war era. Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Church ,. Randolph C. 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 author Despite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland's history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. The authors focus on the initial Confederacy of the Middle Ages; the religious divisions which threatened it after and its surprising survival amongst Europe's monarchies; the turmoil following the French Revolution and conquest, which continued until the Federal Constitution of ; the testing of the Swiss nation through the late nineteenth century and then two World Wars and the Depression of the s; 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. Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. More Details Cambridge Concise Histories. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A Concise History of Switzerland , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about A Concise History of Switzerland. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of A Concise History of Switzerland. Nov 27, James rated it liked it Shelves: history , non-fiction. The concise version of a concise history of Switzerland 1. Switzerland is actually an interestingish sort of country especially in the middle ages where its citizens enjoyed greater freedom then almost any other European people except of course if you were a woman and actually removing heriditary aristocracy and allowing men the choice further slowed womens advancement. At one stage Swiss infantry was so effective that Switzerland was a bit of a military superpower 3. William Tell is a myth, The concise version of a concise history of Switzerland 1. William Tell is a myth, apparently this is a done deal for which there is no appeal. Look its not as bad as finding out that Father Christmas is a myth but it is a wee bit upsetting nontheless 4. Despite what Harry Lime had to say Switzerland did not actually enjoy years of peace, it actually was pretty occupied with multiple cantonal civil wars thought over various religous, commercial and foreign policy. It also did not as a consequence invent the cuckoo clock by the way Swiss people hate it when you congratulate them on inventing the cuckoo clock 5. The creation of Switzerland as we know it now has more to do with Napoleon deciding things had gone too far then anything else 6. The Swiss have always been worried about Swissness and the danger too many foreigners pose to Switzerland. This reached a shameful height in WWII although the concerns of a German invasion were warranted even though it was very low down the German prioirty list is was a to do. They have also always felt underappreciated by the rest of Europe, apart presumably from the cuckoo clock 8. Sitting out major European conflicst has been a good strategy starting with the 30 years war. The first world war however was an economic and social disaster 9. Actually it was never really and agrarian eden with an disproportonately urbanized and industrialized society to the extent that Lenin believe Switzerland was the ideal country for communism The swiss are prone to warranted self congratulation punctuated by sever bouts of equally warranted self doubt. Concise histories are a bit dull as either you dont care about the 28th cantonal war in succession and do not want even a brief recap or you do and then its all very frustrating Its hard to imagine why anyone not Swiss, living in Switzerland would really care about Swiss history Despite the authors assertion that deep fissures were about to open up in the society they never do. They vote, vote again, debate have a few more votes and ussually by that stage its already so way beyond needing to be dealt with that it happens through a collective decision impenetrable to foreigners. Look this is essentially the only modern book about Switzerland, written in English that does not involve cartoons of cows I have ever found. View all 12 comments. Apr 25, Lois Bujold rated it really liked it Recommends it for: persons interested in the political history of Switzerland. Recommended to Lois by: found in county library when I hit "search topic" button. I don't feel right giving this book 3 stars just because it's mostly not the book I was looking for, so I upped it one. Like its series-companion volume I read a while back about Finland, it manages to be concise while covering a thousand years of history by leaving out everything except political history, i. So I got maybe half a chapter on the middle ages, the period in which I was interested, and two whole chapters at the end on modern post-WWII Swiss politics a I don't feel right giving this book 3 stars just because it's mostly not the book I was looking for, so I upped it one. So I got maybe half a chapter on the middle ages, the period in which I was interested, and two whole chapters at the end on modern post-WWII Swiss politics and its multitude of conflicting parties, in breathless and eye-clogging acronymic detail. I did get one new vocabulary word out of it, a somewhat rare event at my age -- "psephological". Not a typo, it turns out; it means "the study of elections". Which leads me to wonder if I can form "psephologiaphobia", and aversion to the study of elections, for myself Shall hold it in reserve for , sigh. But if psephologiaphilia is what you seek, you will certainly find it in this volume. Nonetheless, useful as a quick overview and framework in which to place further reading.