A concise history of Sweden /
Neil Kent.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xii, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge concise histories .
- Cambridge concise histories. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287) and index.
From prehistory to Viking hegemony -- The formation and growth of the Swedish state -- The territorial consolidation of Sweden -- Towards a centralist and military state -- The collapse of absolutism and the age of freedom -- Royal absolutism restored -- Constitutional Sweden -- The industrialisation and capitalisation of Sweden -- The World Wars and Swedish neutrality -- Triumph of the Swedish welfare state.