Switzerland: A Village History

By David Birmingham

Book Overview

Switzerland is a remarkable country half of whose territory lies in the Alps. The raising of cattle and the making of cheese eventually brought a modest wealth to the peasants but the destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. The democratic unification of Switzerland created a common market and a single currency. This history of one alpine village illustrates a one-thousand-year struggle for survival on the edge of this white wilderness.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312230761
• ISBN13: 9780312230760
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.1"