A Concise History of Finland Contributor(s): Kirby, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 052183225X ISBN-13: 9780521832250 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 2006 Annotation: Few countries in Europe have undergone such rapid social, political and economic changes as Finland has during the last fifty years. David Kirby here sets out the fascinating history of this northern country, for centuries on the east-west divide of Europe, a country not blessed by nature, most of whose inhabitants still earned a living from farming fifty years ago, but which today is one of the most prosperous members of the European Union. He shows how this small country was able not only to survive in peace and war but also to preserve and develop its own highly distinctive identity, neither Scandinavian nor Eastern European. He traces the evolution of the idea of a Finnish national state, from the long centuries as part of the Swedish realm, through self-government within the Russian Empire, and into the stormy and tragic birth of the independent state in the twentieth century. Click for more in this series: Cambridge Concise Histories |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Scandinavia |
Dewey: 948.97 |
LCCN: 2006299202 |
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories |
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.53" W x 8.75" L (1.31 lbs) 364 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
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Contributor Bio(s): Kirby, David: - David Kirby is Professor of Modern History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. His previous publications include The Baltic World 1772 1993. Europe's Northern Periphery in an Age of Change (1995) and The Baltic and North Seas (with Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen, 2000). |
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