This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER n THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT NOT long ago, any one speaking of the smaller nations of North Europe was understood to refer to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. To-day Finland must be included in the list, and the present chapter attempts to give some notion of the men and events which pushed Finland out ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER n THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT NOT long ago, any one speaking of the smaller nations of North Europe was understood to refer to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. To-day Finland must be included in the list, and the present chapter attempts to give some notion of the men and events which pushed Finland out of obscurity into the light of an independent nationality. To do justice to the National movement, however, an entire volume would be necessary. For the movement may be regarded from many different aspects. Philosophically, it may perhaps best be described as a desperate attempt to preserve Finland's individuality from being merged in the vastness of Russia, when once the nexus with Sweden had been cut. To achieve this end a vivid sense of nationality was essential, and the genius of the Finnish people was sufficiently virile to adapt itself to the new conditions and develop that sense. Historically, however, as we shall presently see, the movement may be said to have commenced far earlier than 1809. But it was after 1809 that it came to a head, and it had many characteristics in common with the other Nationalist movements of the nineteenth century. Racially, it represents a struggle between the Swedish-speaking and the Finnish-speaking inhabitants, resulting in the full enfranchisement of the latter, while, as the former constituted roughly an upper and the latter a lower class, the struggle also takes on the aspect of a class conflict. To attempt to treat the subject in all its different aspects is out of the question in the present work. But as no one can possibly understand modern Finland without some knowledge of the movement, it is necessary, however imperfectly, to give a brief account of it, and especially to try and convey some idea...
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Very Good. Hard Cover---Very Good--Clean and tight with only light wear--Light red cloth over boards with gilt lettering, no dust jacket if issued--336 pages with index and photography.
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