A Concise History of Sweden
Title | A Concise History of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Alf Åberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Sweden |
ISBN |
A Concise History of Sweden
Title | A Concise History of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Kent |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 401 |
Release | 2008-06-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107782589 |
Neil Kent's book sweeps through Sweden's history from the Stone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Viking hegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden's political zenith as Europe's greatest superpower in the seventeenth century, while later chapters explore the Swedish Enlightenment, royal absolutism, the commitment to military neutrality and Pan-Scandinavianism. The author brings his account up to date by focusing on more recent developments: the rise of Social Democracy, the establishment of the welfare state, the country's acceptance of membership in the European Union and its progressive ecological programme. The book successfully combines the politics, economics and social and cultural mores of one of the world's most successfully functioning and humane societies. This is an informative and entertaining account for students and general readers.
A Concise History of Sweden
Title | A Concise History of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Kent |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2008-06-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521012270 |
Neil Kent's book sweeps through Sweden's history from the Stone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Viking hegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden's political zenith as Europe's greatest superpower in the seventeenth century, while later chapters explore the Swedish Enlightenment, royal absolutism, the commitment to military neutrality and Pan-Scandinavianism. The author brings his account up to date by focusing on more recent developments: the rise of Social Democracy, the establishment of the welfare state, the country's acceptance of membership in the European Union and its progressive ecological programme. The book successfully combines the politics, economics and social and cultural mores of one of the world's most successfully functioning and humane societies. This is an informative and entertaining account for students and general readers.
A Concise History of Finland
Title | A Concise History of Finland PDF eBook |
Author | David Kirby |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2006-07-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 052183225X |
An up-to-date political, social and economic history of Finland from medieval times to the present. David Kirby traces the evolution of Finland's distinctive identity and of the Finnish national state from the long centuries under Swedish rule, through self-government within the Russian Empire, to independence in the twentieth century.
A Short History of Sweden
Title | A Short History of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Ragnar Svanström |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
An Economic History of Sweden
Title | An Economic History of Sweden PDF eBook |
Author | Lars Magnusson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2000-03-23 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 113467595X |
This book represents the first recent attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of Sweden's economic development since the middle of the 18th century. It traces the rapid industrialisation, the political currents and the social ambitions, that transformed Sweden from a backward agrarian economy into what is now regarded by many as a model welfar
A Concise History of the Baltic States
Title | A Concise History of the Baltic States PDF eBook |
Author | Andrejs Plakans |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 491 |
Release | 2011-02-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521833728 |
An integrated history of three Baltic peoples - Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians - from their origins as tribal societies to separate nations.