An Economic History of Modern Sweden

ISBN-13: 9780415671309 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 392 str.

Lennart Schan; Lennart Sch N.; Lennart Sch'on

Opis

'An Economic History of Modern Sweden' gives a comprehensive account of Swedish economic development from 1800 to the early years of the new millennium. The book identifies the main drivers of growth and of the economic and social changes involved in the modernization of Sweden during this period.

Spis treści

1. Growth and transformation in two centuries  2. Agrarian Transformation and Early Industrialisation, 1790-1850  3. Railway Construction and Expanded Industrialisation, 1850-1890  4. The Breakthrough of the Industrial Society in 1890-1930  5. The Peak of Industrial Society, 1930-1975  6. The Third Industrial Revolution and the Breakthrough of the Service Economy, 1975-2005.  Epilogue – Perspectives from the Third Industrial Revolution

O autorze

Lennart Schön is Professor of Economic History at Lund University, Sweden.