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Title: A Concise History of Sweden
Condition: New
Author: Neil Kent
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780521012270
ISBN: 9780521012270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: History
Release Date: 12/06/2008
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 138mm
Item Width: 19mm
Item Weight: 450g
Book Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Release Year: 2008

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