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Vikings in Historyby F. Donald Logan
Routledge 1991; US$ 35.95The second edition of this lively and comprehensive book provides a forceful reassessment of the role of the Vikings in history. more...
Kings and Vikingsby P. H. Sawyer
Routledge 1982; US$ 36.95Professor Sawyer offers some new interpretations of the development of Scandinavian society and the history of the Christian conversion. more...
Iceland and European Integrationby Baldur Thorhallsson
Routledge 2004; US$ 41.95This book explores the relationship between small states and Europe using the case study of Iceland, the only Nordic state not to have applied for EU membership. It explains Iceland's reluctance to participate in European integration. more...
Finlandby Richard Lewis
Intercultural Press 2004; US$ 24.95Finland is one of the developed world?s best-kept secrets. This small, cold, and isolated country of the north ?leads the world in various fields of technology, network readiness, global competitiveness, research and creativity, . . . enrollments in universities and colleges, empowerment of women, and sustainability of the environment. more...
Post-Cold War Identity Politicsby Marko Lehti; David J. Smith
Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 52.95This book highlights the existence of co-existing and - to some extent - competing region-building projects in northern Europe. more...
Finland in the Second World Warby Vehvilä; Prof Olli inen
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2002; US$ 140.00This book describes the struggle for power between two totalitarian dictatorships in the north of Europe and the battle for survival of a small nation caught between them. In the Winter War of 1939-1940 Finland successfully fought off a Soviet invasion. Then, with none to turn to but Germany, it became the only democratic state on the Axis side. Ultimately, it succeeded in extricating itself from the war and, despite the shadow of Russia looming over it, averted a Communist takeover. more...
Even in Swedenby Allan Richard Pred
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95Allan Pred writes compellingly about the reawakening of racism throughout Europe at the end of the twentieth century--even in Sweden, a country widely regarded as the very model of social justice and equality. Many thousands of non-European and Muslim immigrants and refugees who took advantage of Sweden's generous immigration policies now find themselves the object of discrimination and worse. more...
The European Union and the Nordic Countriesby Lee Miles
Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95This text provides an assessment of the intricate relationship between the EU and the Nordic countries. The team of authors includes academics from the five main Nordic countries. more...
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmarkby Karin Palshoj; Gitte Redder; Zanne Jappe Mallett
Allen & Unwin 2005; US$ 21.78The first biography of Australia's own fairytale princess. more...
Analysing the Foreign Policy of Small States in the EUby Henrik Larsen
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 110.00Can a distinct national foreign policy still be identified for small EU member states, and what accounts for the balance between national and EU foreign policy? Henrik Larsen develops an analytical framework for analyzing these questions and offers solutions through an empirical examination of the foreign policy of a small EU member. more...