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Coming out Swiss : in search of Heidi, chocolate, and my other life / Anne Herrmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herrmann, Anne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Herrmann, Anne.
- Swiss American women--Biography.
- Swiss American women.
- Swiss Americans--Biography.
- Swiss Americans.
- Swiss--United States.
- Swiss.
- United States.
- Switzerland--Social life and customs.
- Switzerland.
- Manners and customs.
- Switzerland--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Swissness: Keynotes
- Chocolate 19
- Gold 33
- Swissness: Keywords
- Heimweh, or Homesickness 47
- Fernweh, or "Farsickness" 57
- The Mountains
- The Alp[s] 61
- Davos, or "How the English Invented the Alps" 75
- The City: Public Histories
- "Athens on the Limmat": "A True History That Never Happened" 101
- Dada in Zürich, Continued 117
- The City: Personal Histories
- Freiestrasse 103, Zürich 137
- Basel 153
- Swiss Colonies in America
- Nueva Helvetia, California [1839]: "An Area as Vast as the Little Canton of Basle" 159
- New Glarus, Wisconsin [1845]: "Switzerland's Tiniest, Most Distant Canton" 175
- Americanizing Swiss Stories
- Swiss Family Robinson [1812]; or, "The Most Famous Robinsonade" 191
- Heidi [1880]: "Switzerland's Most Famous Girl" 206.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780299298401
- 029929840X
- OCLC:
- 856579583
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