Zug: Introduction

Zug: Introduction

Introduction — a part of the book Zug: The Making of a Global Hub by Dr Alexander Ressos.

Introduction

Introduction: a part of the book Zug: The Making of a Global Hub by Dr Alexander Ressos.

About the book

This part belongs to Zug: The Making of a Global Hub by Dr Alexander Ressos, published here in full, section by section.

Zug · Introduction

Preface

This book, the companion to a study of Geneva as an international financial centre, asks the same question of a very different place. Read more Zug · Introduction

A small canton with a global footprint

The canton of Zug covers 238.7 square kilometres, which makes it one of the smallest cantons of the Swiss Confederation by area. Read more Zug · Introduction

Four pillars and a language

The structure of this book mirrors the structure of the Geneva volume, because the comparison is intended. Read more Zug · Introduction

Three perspectives

The book combines three perspectives. The historian's perspective comes first, because Zug's present is less improvised than it appears. Read more Zug · Introduction

The plan of the book

The book follows an order that is both chronological and thematic. Part A traces the origins of the canton from the medieval town and its rural communes to the first industrial age. Read more

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