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    Modern history of Switzerland

    History of Switzerland since 1848

    This article deals with the history of Switzerland since 1848. See Early Modern Switzerland for the Early Modern period, Switzerland in the Napoleonic era for the period of 1798–1814, and Restoration and Regeneration for the period of 1815–1848. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    A Short History of Switzerland (1952) online; Church, Clive H., and Randolph C. Head. A Concise History of Switzerland (Cambridge University Press, 2013). pp 132-61 online; Codevilla, Angelo M. Between the Alps and a Hard Place: Switzerland in World War II and the Rewriting of History (2000) excerpt and text search; Dawson, William Harbutt.
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal republic of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of federation that goes back more than 700 years, putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics.. The early history of the region is tied to that of Alpine culture.Switzerland was inhabited by the Helvetii, and it came under Roman rule in the 1st century BC.
  4. myswitzerland.com

    For the first time in its history, Switzerland was forced to abandon its neutrality and to provide troops for France. After the Sonderbund War, the foundations for the modern Switzerland were finally laid down with the adoption of the Constitution of 1848. It brought about a more centralised form of government and a single economic area, which ...
  5. britannica.com

    6 days agoFor many outsiders, Switzerland also evokes a prosperous if rather staid and unexciting society, an image that is now dated. Switzerland remains wealthy and orderly, but its mountain-walled valleys are far more likely to echo the music of a local rock band than a yodel or an alphorn.Most Swiss live in towns and cities, not in the idyllic rural landscapes that captivated the world through ...
  6. eda.admin.ch

    Jul 18, 2024The modern federal state evolved from these developments. The 20th century also clearly showed how strongly Switzerland was linked to its neighbouring countries on the one hand and how it took its own distinct path on the other. Although Switzerland was also severely affected by the two world wars, it was spared any destruction.
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  8. history-maps.com

    Oct 29, 2024Switzerland's history weaves through centuries of cultural fusion, political evolution, and measured neutrality. The story begins with the early Alpine culture, where Celtic tribes such as the Helv ... During the early modern era, political power in Switzerland solidified around the 13 original cantons of the confederation—Bern, Zürich, Zug ...
  9. assets.cambridge.org

    as editor, Switzerland and the EU (2006). RANDOLPH C. HEAD is Professor of European History at the University of California Riverside. He has held fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study, the American Philosophical Society and the Newberry Library. His publications on early modern Switzerland
  10. bar.admin.ch

    The inauguration of Switzerland's first central government in 1798 was an important milestone on the road to the Confederation of today. Founded in that year as the Central Archives of the Helvetic Republic, the Swiss Federal Archives contain an abundance of sources on the history of modern Switzerland.
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