Dictionary of Scandinavian History
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Dictionary of Scandinavian History
By (Author) Byron J. Nordstrom
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
13th February 1986
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
948
Physical Properties
Hardback
724
Description
Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. Choice
Reviews
Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. Entries written by more than 70 contributors cover subjects common to the five Scandinavian countries (for example, women's studies and the welfare state), followed by a detailed discussion of the subject in the various countries. This approach permits the user to learn about the differences between the countries on a particular issue. The dictionary also covers events and personalities unique to each country.... There are five appendixes: a useful bibliography of English-language books on each of the countries, a chronology, lists of prime ministers and governments, presidents of Finland and Iceland, and Monarchs.-Choice
"Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. Entries written by more than 70 contributors cover subjects common to the five Scandinavian countries (for example, women's studies and the welfare state), followed by a detailed discussion of the subject in the various countries. This approach permits the user to learn about the differences between the countries on a particular issue. The dictionary also covers events and personalities unique to each country.... There are five appendixes: a useful bibliography of English-language books on each of the countries, a chronology, lists of prime ministers and governments, presidents of Finland and Iceland, and Monarchs."-Choice
Author Bio
BYRON NORDSTROM is Professor of History and Scandinavian Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College. He is the author of Dictionary of Scandinavian History and Scandinavia Since 1500, as well as articles about Swedish and Swedish-American history.
