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Sweden, the nation's history / Franklin D. Scott ; with an epilogue by Steven Koblik.
LIBRA DL648 .S36 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Franklin D. (Franklin Daniel), 1901-1994.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sweden--History.
- Sweden.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 686 pages, 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Enlarged edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [1988]
- Summary:
- Steven Koblik's epilogue extends Scott's now standard text with an analysis of contemporary Swedish political, economic, and social behavior. In addition to the epilogue, Scott has made a number of alterations in the text in order to maintain the timeliness and comprehensiveness of the work. Using a chronological-topical structure, Scott shows how and why Sweden progressed from times of backwardness to an age of military greatness, through two centuries of cultural development and relapse into poverty followed by a sudden outburst of productive energy and the creation of an exceptionally prosperous welfare state where the ideal is consensus rather than confrontation.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 639-659.
- ISBN:
- 0809314894
- OCLC:
- 17676837
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