"It is a synthesis of Swedish economic growth, social change and modernization of the society from the turn of the century 1800 up to the present. The book highlights the determinants of long term growth, the role of innovations and entrepreneurs as well as the interplay between different...

1. Growth and transformation during two centuries -- 2. The transformation of agriculture and early industrialisation, 1790-1850 -- 3. Railway construction and expanded industrialisation, 1850-1890 -- 4. The breakthrough of industrial society, 1890-1930 -- 5. The peak of industrial society,...

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...