HELVETIA

hĕlvĕˈshə, region of central Europe, occupying the plateau between the Alps and the Jura mts. The name is derived from the Roman term for its inhabitants, the predominantly Celtic Helvetii, who were defeated (58 b.c.) at Bibracte by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. The Helvetii later prospered under Roman rule; their achievements are evidenced by the remains at Avenches. Helvetia corresponds roughly to the western part of modern Switzerland, and the name is still used in poetic reference to that country and on its postage stamps.

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books on: Helvetia  - 366 results

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Hispanic Periodicals in the United States, Origins to 1960: A Brief History and Comprehensive Bibliography
Book by Nicolás ;Kanellos, Helvetia Martell; Arte Publico, 2000
Subjects: Catalogs, Union--United States, Hispanic American Newspapers--Bibliography--Union Lists, Hispanic American Periodicals--Bibliography--Union Lists, Hispanic Americans--Periodicals--Bibliography--Union Lists
...bibliography/by Nicolas Kanellos and Helvetia Martell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...Union-United States. I. Martell, Helvetia II. Title. Z6953-5.S66K36 1998...Copyright @ 2000 by Nicolas Kanellos and Helvetia Martell Printed in the United States...
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Islands in the Desert: A History of the Uplands of Southeastern Arizona
Book by John P. Wilson; University of New Mexico Press, 1995
Subjects: Arizona--History, Local, Coronado National Forest (Ariz. And N.M.)--History, Mountains--Coronado National Forest (Ariz. And N.M.)--History, Uplands--Arizona--History
...During the 1944-47 period, when the Helvetia district saw levels of production exceeding...until the end of February 1961. 60 The Helvetia district, on the north and northwestern...copper. 61 An 1899 report noted that the Helvetia district had been shipping copper ore...
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John Sutter and a Wider West
Book by Kenneth N. Owens, John Augustus Sutter; University of Nebraska Press, 1994
Subjects: California--Biography, Pioneers--California--Biography, Sutter, John Augustus--1803-1880
...and partly by Sutters operations at New Helvetia. 50 So Sutters fame and influence as...which was the main business of New Helvetia. A few figures help to underscore that...associated in one way or another with New Helvetia. At the same time the New Helvetia area...
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John Sutter and a Wider West
Book by Kenneth N. Owens; University of Nebraska Press, 2002
Subjects: California--Biography, Pioneers--California--Biography, Sutter, John Augustus--1803-1880, West (U.S.)--History
...and partly by Sutters operations at New Helvetia.50 So Sutters fame and influence as...which was the main business of New Helvetia. A few figures help to underscore that...associated in one way or an- other with New Helvetia. At the same time the New Helvetia area...
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Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe: 150 Years of Lake-Dwelling Research
Book by Francesco Menotti; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Europe--Antiquities, Lake-Dwellers And Lake-Dwellings--Europe, Underwater Archaeology--Europe, Water-Saturated Sites (Archaeology)--Europe
...Unterwasserarchaologie im Kanton Zurich. Helvetia Archaeologica , 12/45-48: 62-70...Ufersiedlungen an Zurich- und Greifensee. Helvetia Archaeologica , 12/45-48: 19-70...Die Unterwasser-Rettungsgrabung. Helvetia Archaeologica , 29: 2-20. Schmid...
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journal articles on: Helvetia  - 26 results

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Jane Bowles
Journal article by Alan Tinkler; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 26, 2006
Subjects: Bowles, Jane Sydney--Biography, Gay writers--Biography
...homoeroticism caused Jane Bowless family and Helvetia Perkins, Jane Bowless lover, to dislike...were generally with women, specifically Helvetia, and a Moroccan named Cherifa. Paul...was dedicated to "Paul, Mother, and Helvetia," and of the three only Paul approved...
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William Faulkner, Screenwriter: "Sutter's Gold" and "Drums along the Mohawk"
Journal article by Sarah Gleeson-White; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 62, 2009
Subjects: Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Faulkner, William--Criticism and interpretation, Faulkner, William--Works, Film scripts--Criticism and interpretation, Motion picture plays--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works
...and establishes a quasi empire--New Helvetia--in what would become Sacramento...help him execute his own design, New Helvetia in Spanish California, in 1839. The...dreamed-of agricultural utopia of New Helvetia along with the House of Sutter, and...
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Back to the Future - a Monastic Perspective on Corporate Governance**
Journal article by Emil Inauen, Katja Rost, Margit Osterloh, Bruno S. Frey; Management Revue, Vol. 21, 2010
Subjects: Agency theory, Corporate governance, Economic crisis, Monasteries, Studies, Switzerland
...base for an empirical analysis. We obtained data from the Helvetia Sacra (1986) and the local history of Engelberg (Heer 1975...abbot was frequently democratically elected by the padres (Helvetia Sacra 1986). The history of the monastery of Engelberg illustrates...
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The Role of Expert in Public Folklore: Response to Robert Baron
Journal article by Christine Burckhardt-Seebass, Regina Bendix; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 36, 1999
Subjects: Folklore
...ambassadors. In English, the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, which receives its funds from the Confederation, is still...the smallest budget. A recent survey among the staff of Pro Helvetia concerning their understanding of folk culture yielded a spectrum...
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A Company's Coal Town
Journal article by Michael Wald; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 130, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, From the Miners' Doublehouse: Archeology and Landscape in a Pennsylvania Coal Company Town (Book)--Book reviews
...looked at one abandoned coal mining town in Pennsylvania--Helvetia--and sought to understand this once thriving community...distance continued to travel with the immigrants after they left Helvetia. Although written and physical records are incomplete, in...
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magazine articles on: Helvetia  - 18 results

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On Comic Opera Revolutions: Maneuver Theory and the Art of War in Mexican California, 1821-45
Magazine article by Robert Phelps; California History, Vol. 84, Fall 2006
Subjects: Maneuver warfare--Analysis
...convicts and Sutters largely American "New Helvetia Army" soon outnumbered Alvarados insurgents...shortage of mounts. Eventually, the New Helvetia Army procured an adequate number of horses...effective element of that screen was the New Helvetia Army, peeling away Sutters mercenaries...
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Recent Publications and Recordings
Magazine article by Suzanne L. Moulton-Gertig; American Harp Journal, Summer 2009
Subjects: Sheet music, Sound recordings
...Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Helvetia, c 2008. Score (28 p.) and part...Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Helvetia, c 2008. Score (27 p.) and 5 parts...Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Helvetia, c 2006. Playing Score, 23 p. SOLO...
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Recent Publications and Recordings
Magazine article by Suzanne L. Moulton-Gertig; American Harp Journal, Winter 2010
Subjects: Harp music, Sheet music, Sound recordings
...printed separately as text. Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Helvetia, 2008. Score (22 p.) and 1 part (7 p.). Zatti Cicuttini...For violin and harp. Adliswil, Switzerland: Pizzicato Helvetia, 2008. Score (23 p.) and part (8 p.). HARP AND ORCHESTRA...
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Convergence, California, and the Newest Western History
Magazine article by Stephen Aron; California History, Vol. 86, September 2009
Subjects: California--History, Historiography--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Influence, United States history--Study and teaching, Western United States--History
...California, particularly around the polyglot settlement of New Helvetia established by John Sutter. But there is little to be admired...of Sutter or in his portrayal of Indian workers abuse at New Helvetia and elsewhere in California. So, too, Hurtados illumination...
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The 1848 Unification of Switzerland
Magazine article by David Birmingham; History Today, Vol. 45, September 1995
Subjects: Political culture--Switzerland, Swiss--History, Switzerland--History
...Switzerland. by David Birmingham The unification of Switzerland, or Helvetia, in the nineteenth century, like the unification of western...postage stamps emblazoned with the seated female figure of Helvetia might cut them off from their customers in Wurttemberg and...
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newspaper articles on: Helvetia  - 34 results

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Rhossili
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 30, 2006
...which looks down on the wreck of the Helvetia, the bones of which still stick like...paper darts. The prominent wreck of the Helvetia, which ran aground on Rhossili Bay in...of November 1 when the captain of the Helvetia was attempting to take his cargo of 500...
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Tab Dividends
Newspaper article; The Daily Mercury (Mackay, Australia), January 28, 2011
...E: $15.90. T: $76.60. Scr: 1,4. Race 2: 5 Helvetia $6.50 $3.30 1 Free Dive $1.30 6 Admirah Belle NTD...Scr: 1,12. Races 6-7: Abandoned. EXTRA DOUBLE: 5 Helvetia 1 Falontino $78.60. OCF: 1 Free Dive 8 Star Of Dubai...
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You Can Be Bad
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), January 24, 2007
...Vaughan, currently ranked 27 in the world, missed the Super Series opener in Malaysia due to team commitments for Wales at the Helvetia Cup in Iceland. Wales were favourites for the tournament, but went down in the group 3-2 to all three opposing teams...
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A SHORE THING; Rhossili Bay Voted Best British Beach
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 8, 2010
...swells, the bay is a favourite with surfers. And sightseers can glimpse the remains of shipwrecks at low tides - including the Helvetia which ran aground here in 1887. David Taylor, deputy boss of ice cream manufacturer Fredericks Dairies, said: "Its fantastic...
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Testing the Water; the Bite-Size Voyages That Will Whet Your Appetite
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 29, 2009
...which run from April to October. A fully inclusive three-night trip from Basle to Cologne aboard the five-star Viking Helvetia costs from pounds sterling585 per person. For more information contact 020 8780 7900 or visit www.vikingrivercruises.co...
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encyclopedia articles on: Helvetia  - 7 results

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Helvetia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HELVETIA helve sh , region of central Europe, occupying the plateau between the...Roman rule; their achievements are evidenced by the remains at Avenches . Helvetia corresponds roughly to the western part of modern Switzerland, and the...
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Sutter, John Augustus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...California. There he established his colony, known as New Helvetia, and built Sutters Fort (see Sacramento ). Rich and powerful...Congress would reimburse him for his losses. See Sutters New Helvetia Diary (1939) and his Statement regarding Early California...
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Avenches
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vaud canton, W Switzerland. During the 1st and 2d cent. a.d., Avenches flourished under the Romans as the chief town of Helvetia . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Bloch, Ernest
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Macbeth (1909); a concerto grosso, for string orchestra and piano (1925); the symphonic poems America (1926) and Helvetia (1929); a modern setting of the Jewish Sacred Service (1933); and A Voice in the Wilderness, for cello and orchestra...
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Sacramento , City, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sacramento lies on part of a Mexican land grant that belonged to John A. Sutter , who in 1839 began a settlement called New Helvetia and in 1840 built a fort. The discovery of gold in 1848 at nearby Sutters Mill (now Coloma) led to the platting of the town...
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