About this item
Switzerland Unwrapped is a slightly iconoclastic portrait of one of Europe's most visited but least known societies. Reporter Mitya New has collected together a broad range of interviews, essays and commentary from Swiss nationals who each have some revealing truths to make about specific and unique Swiss practice and convention. Topics include : Switzerland and the Jews; Switzerland and the Banks; Zurich Drug Problem : from Needle Park to Lettensteg; Swiss Industry: The Problem of Conventions; Switzerland and the Gypsies; The Swiss Army; The Other Magic Mountain; Swiss Politics: Referendums and Consensus; Refugees in Switzerland; Swiss Traditions: Guilds and Schwingers.
BOOK CONDITION : Near Fine : apart from very minor edgewear covers are in a near new condition, and gilding is intact and bright; faces near original white; inside pages with a hint of toning but otherwise crisp and like new; binding secure and tight like new. DJ Condition : VG : occasional crease at edges; minor rubbing to covers, and several tiny black flecks to white of front cover; unclipped; otherwise jacket with preserved colours and in very good shape. Bookseller Inventory 001426
- Added value:
- 1st edition
- Author(s):
- New, Mitya
- Condition:
- Fine
- Dimensions:
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Edition:
- 1st
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN-10:
- 1860643000
- ISBN-13:
- 9781860643002
- Number of pages:
- 210
- Publisher:
- I.B. Tauris Publishers, London, 1997.
- Title:
- Switzerland unwrapped : Exposing the myths
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