Kent, Neil.

A concise history of Sweden / Neil Kent. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xii, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge concise histories . - Cambridge concise histories. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287) and index.

From prehistory to Viking hegemony -- The formation and growth of the Swedish state -- The territorial consolidation of Sweden -- Towards a centralist and military state -- The collapse of absolutism and the age of freedom -- Royal absolutism restored -- Constitutional Sweden -- The industrialisation and capitalisation of Sweden -- The World Wars and Swedish neutrality -- Triumph of the Swedish welfare state.

0521812844 (hbk.) 9780521812849 (hbk.) 0521012279 (pbk.) 9780521012270 (pbk.)

2008005762

GBA854293 bnb

014583867 Uk


Sweden--History.

DL649 / .K46 2008

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