商品簡介
A historian who lived in Switzerland as a child and returned as a visiting scholar provides a balanced perspective on the country's 1000-year history. Basing his work partly on newly discovered archives in his home village, Birmingham addresses Swiss periods of prosperity as well as early inter-republic strife, post-World War II national self-doubts, and provincial interests that kept it from joining the European Union. He includes b&w photos, maps, a chronology and glossary. First published in the US in 2000 by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
David Birmingham lived in Switzerland from 1947 to 1954 as a child and returned there in the 1990s as a visiting historian. From 1980 to 2001 he held the chair of Modern History in the University of Kent at Canterbury in England. He is the author of many books, including Portugal and Africa.
