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Publications by the Alfred Escher Foundation

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Alfred Escher | Letters

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Volume 6: Alfred Eschers Briefwechsel 1852–1866. Private Eisenbahngesellschaften in der Krise, Gotthardbahn, politische Opposition 

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, with contributions by Claudia Aufdermauer, Basil Böhni, Lisa Bollinger, Bruno Fischer, Josef Inauen, Joseph Jung, Björn Koch und Vincent Pick
2015. 307 pages
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Volume 5: Alfred Eschers Briefwechsel 1852–1866. Wirtschaftsliberales Zeitfenster, Gründungen, Aussenpolitik

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, with contributions by Claudia Aufdermauer, Bruno Fischer, Joseph Jung, Björn Koch, Katrin Rigort und Sandra Wiederkehr
2013. 442 pages
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Volume 4: Alfred Eschers Briefwechsel 1848–1852. Aufbau des jungen Bundesstaates, politische Flüchtlinge und Neutralität

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, edited and annotated by Sandra Wiederkehr
2012. 292 pages
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Volume 3: Alfred Eschers Briefwechsel 1843-1848. Jesuiten, Freischaren, Sonderbund, Bundesrevision

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, edited and annotated by Björn Koch
2011. 288 pages
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Volume 2: Alfred Eschers Briefe aus der Jugend- und Studentenzeit 1831–1843

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, edited and annotated by Bruno Fischer
2010. 324 pages
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Volume 1: Alfred Escher zwischen Lukmanier und Gotthard. Briefe zur schweizerischen Alpenbahnfrage 1850–1882

Published by Joseph Jung on behalf of the Alfred Escher Foundation, edited and annotated by Bruno Fischer, Martin Fries and Susanna Kraus. With contributions by Joseph Jung and Helmut Stalder
2008. 3 parts, total of 808 pages
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Biography of Alfred Escher (in German)

Alfred Escher (1819–1882) | Aufstieg, Macht, Tragik

By Joseph Jung
5th, revised edition
2014. 516 pages
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Alfred Escher 1819–1882 | Der Aufbruch zur modernen Schweiz

By Joseph Jung
2006. 4 parts, total of 1116 pages
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Biography of Alfred Escher (other languages)

Switzerland's success story | The life and work of Alfred Escher (1819–1882)

By Joseph Jung
2015. 108 pages
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Alfred Escher | Un fondateur de la suisse moderne

By Joseph Jung
2012. 120 pages
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Alfred Escher | Il fondatore della Svizzera moderna

By Joseph Jung
2014. 136 pages
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Biography of Lydia Welti-Escher

Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891)

By Joseph Jung. With a foreword by Hildegard Elisabeth Keller.
2013. 270 pages
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Lydia Welti-Escher

Published by Joseph Jung
Authors: Joseph Jung, Daniel Hell, Raffaela Lütolf, Walter Morgenthaler, Salome Schoeck
Expanded new edition
2009. 576 pages
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