{"product_id":"shortest-history-of-scandinavia-14-000-years-from-the-stone-age-and-the-vikings-to-the-happiest-nations-in-the-world","title":"Shortest History of Scandinavia: 14,000 Years from the Stone Age and the Vikings to the Happiest Nations in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eScandinavia has long been lauded for its equality, universal welfare, peacefulness, and untouched nature--not to mention its interior design, crime literature, and love of all things hygge. But the Nordic nations have had their dark periods, too: pandemics, wars and occupations, and expansionism are all essential to understanding the Scandinavian story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Scandinavia\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Mart Kuldkepp sketches the outlines of the region's rich history, tracing its political and social evolution from its first-known peoples, who followed the retreating ice sheet north during the last Ice Age, to the modern Scandinavians living in countries that are among the happiest in the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough Scandinavia's many cultural touchstones--tales of Vikings, the Nobel Peace Prizes, and even ABBA--Kuldkepp illuminates the concept of \"Nordicness,\" a hard-to-define quality that has nonetheless steered the region to respond to major challenges, actively shaping its history and exerting a considerable influence on European and global history in the process. As the issues of climate change, democracy, and world peace continue to shift, \u003cem\u003eThe Shortest History of Scandinavia\u003c\/em\u003e is a pertinent, brisk primer on one of the world's most admired regions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mart Kuldkepp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47285749973228,"sku":"9798893030914","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9798893030914.jpg?v=1770418859","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/shortest-history-of-scandinavia-14-000-years-from-the-stone-age-and-the-vikings-to-the-happiest-nations-in-the-world","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}