SWITZERLAND - The World in Color Series Author:Dore Ogrizek & J.G. Rufenacht A historical and geographical overview of Switzerland with numerous black & white and full color illustrations and color maps. — Published by Whittlesey House, a division of the McGraw-Hill Book Company. Second printing. Adapted and translated into English (probably from the French) by Mary Bancroft. Text by Piero Bianconi, Paul Budry, Catherine ... more »Rush Cabot, Fritz Flueler, Kurt August Haegler, Werner Kampfen, Rodo Mahert, Hans Mohler, Albert Muret, Paul Schenk, Hans Rudolf Schmid, Max Senger, and Hans Tribolet. Text coordinated by Alice Steinegger. Illustrations by Alois Carigiet, Ateliers Eidenbenz, Hans Fischer, Hanny Fries, Max Hegetschweiler, Verena Kasser, Fritz Krummenacher, J. Mennet, Pierre Monnerat, Otto Muller, A. Schneck-Wolfsberg, Richard Seewald, Fred Stauffer, Carlotta Stocker, Victor Surbek, W. Trapp-Wolfsberg, and Kurt Wirth. Illustrations coordinated by Hans Kasser.
Contents:
Foreward - Outlines of Swiss History - Democracy of a Small Nation - Basel and Northwest Switzerland - Neuchatel and the Jura - French Switzerland (Lake Leman, Geneva, Vaud, and Fribourg) - Valais - Grison - Tessin - Central Switzerland - Berne and the Bernese Oberland - Zurich and its Surroundings - Health Resort and Spas - Alpinism - Winter Sports - Fishing - Swiss Industry and Technical Science - Index.« less