Switzerland History

Here is a fabulous new addition to this acclaimed travel-guide series. Pocket Adventures Switzerland is packed with all the practical travel information you could ever need, including places to stay and eat, tourist information resources, destination-specific travel advice, emergency information, and sections on the region's history and geography that provide listeners with the background knowledge essential to a fantastic holiday.

Switzerland is a remarkable country, half of whose territory lies in the Alps. This is the history of one Swiss alpine village. Raising cattle and making cheese brought modest wealth to its struggling peasants until a destructive Napoleonic invasion brought revolution and poverty. Well-being was slowly restored by a democratic unification of Switzerland. The Alps took on a romantic tourist glow in the Edwardian age and after the disruptions of two world wars the highland farmers and guest house keeps began to prosper.

In this short essay, Mark Twain discusses the patriot William Tell, the city of Interlaken, and the Jungfrau mountain. He describes the beauty of the landscape with great admiration.

Es el nombre del conflicto que se produjo en el área del Río de la Plata entre 1839 y 1851, y que arrastró a Brasil, Francia y Gran Bretaña. Los beligerantes fueron los seguidores del Partido Blanco del Uruguay, encabezados por Manuel Oribe, aliados de los federales argentinos, y los colorados, aliados de los unitarios argentinos. El futuro de Uruguay estaba en juego.