A Concise History of Finland

by David Gordon Kirby and David Kirby

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521539897
• ISBN13: 9780521539890
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"