Review

The Swiss American Historical Society Review (SAHSR) is published 3 times yearly. The Review is dedicated to articles, reviews, obituaries, and reports dealing with the topics of interest to the Society.

The Review is available online through the America: History and Life database.

November 2012

articles

Kurt Winkler, Albert Einstein in Switzerland: The Education of the Most Famous Swiss American

William E. Herman, The Ideas of Jean Piaget: Using Theory to Better Understand Theory and Improve Learning

Stephen P. Halbrook, The Swiss Confederation in the Eyes of America’s Founders

book Reviews

Michael Dondzila, To Make This Land Our Own: Community, Identity, and Cultural Adaptation in Purrysburg Township, South Carolina, 1732-1865 by Arlin C. Migliazzo

Martin Kalb, A Laboratory of Liberty: The Transformation of Political culture in Republican Switzerland by Marc H. Lerner

Hannah Schultz, Boundaries of Faith: Catholics and Protestants in the Diocese of Geneva by Jill Fehleison

Leo Schelbert, Magdener Familien 1600-1875 und ihre Stammbaume by Werner Rothweiler

Fred Jenny, Paradise Bird in the Golden Cage by Kurt L. Wyss-Labasque

Jonathan D. Neu, Three Months in the Confederate Army by Henry Hotze

June 2012: Special Issue

America Guide by Johann Rudolf Ochs

February 2012

Articles

Martha Kümin-Jurt, Ufnau. An Island in Switzerland’s Lake Zurich—a Hamlet in the American State of Texas.

Mario Kessler, Ernst Engelberg: Historian and Anti-Nazi Activist: 1909–2010.

Laura Fair-Schulz, Graven Images, Amish Aesthetics, and the “Affirmative Lie.”

Book Reviews

Mark G. Spencer, Gallatin: America’s Swiss Founding Father. by Nicholas Dungan

Dwight Page, Editor, Wenn Du absolut nach Amerika willst, so gehe in Gottesnamen! by Christa Landert

Film Review

Axel Fair-Schulz, Valkyrie Re-Considered: Hollywood, Historical Complexity and Popular Culture.

Annual Report

48th Annual Meeting of the Swiss American Historical Society.

Recent Articles

  • “Swiss American Presence at the Battle of Shiloh,” by Dr. H. Dwight Page
  • “Henry Wirz and Andersonville: The Career of the Most Controversial Swiss American,” by Dr. Albert Winkler
  • “Considering Swiss Neutrality in World War One,” by Brian Wages
  • “Heidi and Seek: Cases of Espionage and Covert Operations in Switzerland, 1795–1995,” by Brian Champion

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