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Author : Leo Schelbert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233524
Total Pages : 663 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Switzerland written by Leo Schelbert and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Switzerland's exceptional scenic beauty of valleys, lakes, and mountains, its central location on international trade routes, and its world famous banking system are just a few elements that have contributed to its rise in the global market. It consists of twenty-six member states, called cantons and it’s actively engaged in the maintenance of peace among nations. The history of the Swiss Confederation is as rich and varied as its culture and people. This updated second edition of Historical Dictionary of Switzerland features the nation's multicultural and democratic traditions and institutions, its complex history, and its people's involvement in past and present world affairs. This is done through a list of abbreviations and acronyms, a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, maps, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions, as well as significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone who wants to know more about Switzerland.

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Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Author : Heinz K. Meier
Publisher : Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Switzerland written by Heinz K. Meier and published by Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert M. Taylor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Geographical Literature and Maps written by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Switzerland. Swiss National Tourist Office
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Switzerland written by Switzerland. Swiss National Tourist Office and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aubrey Diem
Publisher : Media International
ISBN 13 : 9780969229131
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Switzerland written by Aubrey Diem and published by Media International. This book was released on 1991 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Philpott
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804610
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vacationland written by William Philpott and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2013-08-25 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Western Writers of America 2014 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, Contemporary Mention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail. But not so long ago, the high country was isolated and little visited. Vacationland tells the story of the region's dramatic transformation in the decades after World War II, when a loose coalition of tourist boosters fashioned alluring images of nature in the high country and a multitude of local, state, and federal actors built the infrastructure for high-volume tourism: ski mountains, stocked trout streams, motels, resort villages, and highway improvements that culminated in an entirely new corridor through the Rockies, Interstate 70. Vacationland is more than just the tale of one tourist region. It is a case study of how the consumerism of the postwar years rearranged landscapes and revolutionized American environmental attitudes. Postwar tourists pioneered new ways of relating to nature, forging surprisingly strong personal connections to their landscapes of leisure and in many cases reinventing their lifestyles and identities to make vacationland their permanent home. They sparked not just a population boom in popular tourist destinations like Colorado but also a new kind of environmental politics, as they demanded protection for the aesthetic and recreational qualities of place that promoters had sold them. Those demands energized the American environmental movement-but also gave it blind spots that still plague it today. Peopled with colorful characters, richly evocative of the Rocky Mountain landscape, Vacationland forces us to consider how profoundly tourism changed Colorado and America and to grapple with both the potential and the problems of our familiar ways of relating to environment, nature, and place.

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Total Pages : 388 pages
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Author : David H. T. Scott
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Total Pages : 148 pages
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Download or read book European Stamp Design written by David H. T. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on five European countries, this book explores the role that stamps play in shaping and reflecting national identity and the way they reflect the fundamental design developments within their period. It reveals how national icons evolve and how commemmorative issues reflect fundamental design as well as creative concerns. It also highlights the role of the stamp designers, showing how many famous artists, including M.C. Escher, Hans Erne, Edmund Doulac, David Gentleman and Eric Gill, have contributed to the development of stamp design. A whole chapter is devoted to the design of British and French colonial issues.