Forging the Swiss nation, 1760-1939 : popular memory, patriotic invention, and competing conceptions of nationhood

This dissertation examines the reproduction and transformation of Swiss national identity in the period from the late eighteenth century to the beginning of World War II. To this end, the major part of the thesis focuses on four relatively short time frames, all of which were characterised by height...

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Main Author: Zimmer, Oliver
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407430