1. The Era of Swedish Rule
2. Finland as a Pawn in Superpower Politics
Autonomy
Life in the Grand Duchy
3. The Rise of the Finnish Identity and National Awakening
National Awakening
Central Figures
4. The Turning Point in the Society and the Economy
The Reforms in the 1860s
Fennomans, Svekomans, and Liberals
Heading towards the Civil Society
Economy
The Changing Society
The First Period of Oppression (1899 – 1905)
Attitudes toward Russification
Parliament Reform in 1906
The Second Period of Oppression (1908 – 1917)
Jaeger Movement
5. Finland's Independence Movement
Independent Finland
The 1918 Civil War in Finland
Brief and Bloody Civil War
The Fight for a Constitution
German King
6. From Dichotomy to Unification
Young Republic
The Improving Standard of Living
Art as a Consumer Good
The Power of Entertainment
Left and Right Wing Radicalism
Expand Finland, Liberate Viena
Lapua Movement
Foreign Policy in the 1920s and 1930s
7. Finland in the Second World War
Towards the Winter War
105 Days of Fighting
Cease-fire Period
Continuation War
Withdrawal from the War
"The Years of Danger"
The Rise of the Left Wing
YYA Treaty 1948
Comprehensive War Reparations
Reconstruction
8. Building Up the Welfare State
Detent
Frozen Nights
Note Crisis
Fight for Neutrality
Trade Policy
Finlandization
Structural Change
Cultural Shift
9. Finland's New International Role
After Kekkonen's Period
From Soviet Union to Russia
European Union
Economic Recession in the 1990s
Finland and Globalization