
Republican Alternative : The Netherlands and Switzerland Compared.
Title:
Republican Alternative : The Netherlands and Switzerland Compared.
Author:
Holenstein, André.
ISBN:
9789048508495
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (362 pages)
Contents:
Preliminaries -- Table of contents -- 1 'The League of the Discordant Members' or How the OldSwiss Confederation Operated and How it Managed toSurvive for so Long -- 2 Challenges for the Republic: Coordination and Loyalty inthe Dutch Republic -- 3 Bridging the Gap: Confessionalisation in Switzerland -- 4 Was the Dutch Republic a Calvinist Community? TheState, the Confessions and Culture in the Early ModernNetherlands -- 5 Inventing the Sovereign Republic: Imperial Structures,French Challenges, Dutch Models and the Early ModernSwiss Confederation -- 6 Turning Swiss? Discord in the Dutch Debates -- 7 The Content, Form and Function of Swiss and DutchImages of History -- 8 Republican Art? Dutch and Swiss Art and Art-ProductionCompared -- 9 The Dassier Workshop in Geneva and the Netherlands:Two Calvinist Republics Expressed in Medallic Form,1695-1748 -- 10 Exporting Mercenaries, Money and Mennonites: A SwissDiplomatic Mission to The Hague, 1710-1715 -- 11 Republican Risks: Commerce and Agriculture in the DutchRepublic -- 12 Republican Futures: The Image of Holland in 18th-CenturySwiss Reform Discourse -- 13 Radical Elements and Attempted Revolutions in theLate-18th-Century Republics -- 14 Debating the Republic: A Conference Report -- Bibliography of Pre-Modern Swiss-Dutch Relations -- About the Authors -- Index.
Abstract:
A comprehensive survey of the constitutional history of the Netherlands and Switzerland, and a remarkable socio-historical commentary on these two remarkably successful democracies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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