A history of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland PDF
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MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY Scandinavia INIOI^WAY $WEI&EINI PEINIMAEIIIC IFDINIILAINII& nCEILAINI!& Derry T. K. R ^ 4 .» .;j.^ A History Scandinavia of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland byT. K. Derry This concise accounttraces the history ofthe Scandinavian countries from earliest times to the present, emphasizing common features in their heritage and in their contributionsto the modern world. While most historians of Scandinavia have confined their attention to a single country, T. K. Derry has atwo-fold aim. He studies each country's history, traditions, and way of life, but he also examines the political development ofthe five separate peoples in the context of the unity ofthe whole Nordic region. He covers fully the dramatic early history of the Scandinavian countries; half of his book, however, is devoted tothe nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Scandinavians first made their impact on the outside world together, of course, as Vikings. In the later Middle Ages they joined to form the second most extensive state in Europe, and although the Union of Kalmar collapsed in 1523, the idea of recreating such a unity was revived on various occasions, even as late as the Civic Center 948 Derry (Thomas Derry. T. K. lilil Kingston), 1905- lllillillilil Scandinavia 3 1111 00694 4118 A history of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland 948 Derry Derry Thomas King- f < ston A history of -si ''^ DATE DUE flPToTTOT APR 2 ? 9(4 1 K JUN 1 5 19')5 m ' 8 J99fi. ^~~nT^^^ CO APR_0±m^ m Q 2 t998 ^ SEP 1 19{» SbH ZllSW V A^iv : i iB3^ JUI,2',20Q1 ^P?/o1) uu I O 11 A HISTORY OF SCANDINAVIA By the same author A SHORT HISTORY OF NORWAY A HISTORY OF MODERN NORWAY (OUP) Published in association with the American-Scandinavian Foundation A History of Scandinavia Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland by DERRY T. K. University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis . First published in 1979 Published in the United States ofAmerica by the University of Minnesota Press, 2037 University Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Secondprinting, 1979 T. K. Derry, 1979 LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Derry, Thomas Kingston, 1905- A History of Scandinavia Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Scandinavia - History. I. Title. DL46.D43 948 78-14284 ISBN0-8166-0835-0 (cloth) ISBN0-8166-0936-5 (paper)
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