at Lund and Göteborg universities. The result was a half-century of often embittered controversy between traditionalists and revisionists that lasted until 1960. There was a blurring of the ideological fronts resulting from experiences during and after World War II. In the meantime, in the general expansion of university education in the postwar period, history was generally neglected. Only through the activities of the National Research Council of the Humanities and the dedicated efforts of certain ambitious university professors created some expansion of historical scholarship. After 1990, there were signs of revival in historiography, with a strong new emphasis on 20th-century topics, as well as the application of social history and computerized statistical techniques to the demographic history of ordinary villagers before 1900. According to Lars Magnusson, social history is a specialty inside economic history. Three major themes are the standard of living by strata during industrialization; the history of work; and social issues in preindustrial society and the transition to industrialism. See also Flag of Sweden Foreign relations of Sweden#History History of Denmark History of Europe History of Finland History of Germany History of Norway History of Russia History of Scandinavia History of Sweden (1772–1809) History of the European Union List of prime ministers of Sweden List of Swedish monarchs List of Swedish people Military history of Sweden Political unions involving Sweden Kalmar Union Union between Sweden and Norway Politics of Sweden Privy Council of Sweden Riksdag of the Estates Sami history References Bibliography Surveys Andersson, Ingvar. A History of Sweden (1956) online edition Derry, Thomas Kingston. A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. (1979). 447 pp. Grimberg, Carl. A History of Sweden (1935) online free Heckscher, Eli F. An economic history of Sweden (1963) online free to borrow Kent, Neil. A Concise History of Sweden (2008), 314 pp. excerpt and text search Lagerqvist, Christopher, Reformer och Revolutioner. En kort introduktion till Sveriges ekonomiska historia, 1750–2010 (Lund 2013). Magnusson, Lars. An Economic History of Sweden (2000) online edition Moberg, Vilhelm, and Paul Britten Austin. A History of the Swedish People: Volume 1: From Prehistory to the Renaissance, (2005); A History of the Swedish People: Volume II: From Renaissance to Revolution (2005) Nordstrom, Byron J. The History of Sweden (2002) excerpt and text search; also full text online free to borrow Scott, Franklin D. Sweden: The Nation's History (1988), survey by leading scholar; excerpt and text search Sprague,