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Exotic Switzerland?
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Noémie Étienne
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher:

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Why is an object, an artwork, or a person deemed ?exotic?? How does one?s gaze get directed onto things or people seemingly belonging to other regions or cultur
Colonial Switzerland
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: P. Purtschert
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-26 - Publisher: Springer

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States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at Switzerland, which, by its very stron
The Summits of Modern Man
Language: en
Pages: 382
Authors: Peter H. Hansen
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-14 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The history of mountaineering has long served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. Once upon a time, the Alps were an inaccessible habitat of specters and
A Revolution in Colour
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Giorgio Riello
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-09-19 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This major volume aims to re-colour the European world of dress, c.1300-1800. New dyes created one of the most important visual experiences of the period, yet t
Slow Train to Switzerland
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Diccon Bewes
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-07 - Publisher: Hachette UK

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A travel diary from 1863 inspires author Diccon Bewes to retrace Thomas Cook's historic train trip that revolutionized tourism forever.