A concise history of Finland, from its part in the Swedish kingdom to autonomous nation state

Finland has occupied the political, religious, cultural and economic border between eastern and western Europe since prehistoric times. Despite its peripheral l

Finland has often been ignored or misunderstood by the English-speaking world and this work presents the reader with a readable and authoritative introduction t

An up-to-date political, social and economic history of Finland from medieval times to the present. David Kirby traces the evolution of Finland's distinctive id