This is the seventeenth edition of this tome, part of the nine-volume World Today Series 2017-2018 from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. It focuses on the historic, social, economic, political, and cultural history of the twenty-five countries that comprise the Nordic, Central, and southeastern areas of Europe. They include: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad, Denmark, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania. The volume includes many black-and-white photographs and extensive maps of these countries at various times throughout history. Updated annually, an extensive bibliography and listing of websites is included. This reference book and its companion volumes provide up-to-date research on all of the countries in the world, and are a trustworthy and valuable addition to any academic library's reference section.

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