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Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century

Evans, Chris Rydén, Göran
Innbundet / 2007 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789004161535
Publisert
2007
Utgiver
Brill
Vekt
778 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
392

Forfatter
Evans, Chris
Rydén, Göran

Biografisk notat

Chris Evans, Ph.D. (1988) in History, University of London, teaches history at the University of Glamorgan, UK.

Göran Rydén, Ph.D. (1991) in Economic History, Uppsala University, is Professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University.

Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century

Evans, Chris Rydén, Göran
Innbundet / 2007 / Engelsk
Evans, Chris Rydén, Göran
Innbundet / 2007 / Engelsk
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The present book [...] is a model study in historical research; without doubt the fruit of several years of painstaking archival work on both sides of the North Sea, involving different languages and cultures. It is to be highly recommended to anyone interested in the intimate working mechanisms of the eighteenth-century Atlantic economy."<br />Philipp Robinson Rössner, <i>University of Leipzig, Germany</i> (Journal of Economic History, 2010: 773-775).<br /><br />"(... Evans and Rydén) give those of us who do not read Swedish access to material we could not otherwise study, Their research in primary sources has been very extensive."<br />Robert B. Gordon, <i>Technology and Culture</i> 51 (2010) 756-757.<br /><br />"<i>Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century</i> är en mycket läsvärd bok. (...) Evans och Rudén har därtill en elegant prosa och texten kompletteras av fina illustrationer. (...) Sammanfattningsvis lyckas mycket bra med att skapa en förstaelse av det komplexa system som järnhanteringen var och som länkade en liten by i Norduppland med befästa städer pa den afrikanska kusten."<br />Fredrik Sandgren, <i>Historik Tidskrift</i> 3 (2009) 571-573.

The eighteenth century is often viewed as the heroic age of the British iron industry - a time of triumphant technological progress. In fact, it was an age of thwarted ambition, when the take-up of new technologies proved frustratingly slow. The eighteenth century was more accurately the age of Baltic iron. Swedish and Russian iron surged onto the British market, meeting the demand that British ironmasters could not satisfy. This was of epochal importance: Swedish iron allowed British steel makers and hardware manufacturers to dominate Atlantic markets. In turn, the rhythms of Atlantic commerce resounded through peasant communities in Sweden. Baltic iron in the Atlantic world captures this moment. In doing so it internationalises Swedish history in a radical way and presses an oceanic perspective on the traditionally insular view of the rise of heavy industry in Britain.
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This book looks at the one of the key commercial links between the Baltic and Atlantic worlds in the eighteenth century - the export of Swedish and Russian iron to Britain - and its role in the making of the modern world.
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List of Maps, Figures, Illustrations, and Tables Abbreviations Chapter One. The Warehouse of the World. Commerce and Production in the Early Modern Atlantic World Chapter Two. The Topography of the Early Modern Iron Trade, c.1730 Chapter Three. The International Iron Trade at a Crossroads: Swedish and British Debates, 1730-1760 Chapter Four. An Industrial Revolution in Iron – Technology, Organisation and Markets, 1760-1870 Conclusion Dramatis Personae Glossary Bibliography Index
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The present book [...] is a model study in historical research; without doubt the fruit of several years of painstaking archival work on both sides of the North Sea, involving different languages and cultures. It is to be highly recommended to anyone interested in the intimate working mechanisms of the eighteenth-century Atlantic economy."<br />Philipp Robinson Rössner, <i>University of Leipzig, Germany</i> (Journal of Economic History, 2010: 773-775).<br /><br />"(... Evans and Rydén) give those of us who do not read Swedish access to material we could not otherwise study, Their research in primary sources has been very extensive."<br />Robert B. Gordon, <i>Technology and Culture</i> 51 (2010) 756-757.<br /><br />"<i>Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century</i> är en mycket läsvärd bok. (...) Evans och Rudén har därtill en elegant prosa och texten kompletteras av fina illustrationer. (...) Sammanfattningsvis lyckas mycket bra med att skapa en förstaelse av det komplexa system som järnhanteringen var och som länkade en liten by i Norduppland med befästa städer pa den afrikanska kusten."<br />Fredrik Sandgren, <i>Historik Tidskrift</i> 3 (2009) 571-573.

The eighteenth century is often viewed as the heroic age of the British iron industry - a time of triumphant technological progress. In fact, it was an age of thwarted ambition, when the take-up of new technologies proved frustratingly slow. The eighteenth century was more accurately the age of Baltic iron. Swedish and Russian iron surged onto the British market, meeting the demand that British ironmasters could not satisfy. This was of epochal importance: Swedish iron allowed British steel makers and hardware manufacturers to dominate Atlantic markets. In turn, the rhythms of Atlantic commerce resounded through peasant communities in Sweden. Baltic iron in the Atlantic world captures this moment. In doing so it internationalises Swedish history in a radical way and presses an oceanic perspective on the traditionally insular view of the rise of heavy industry in Britain.
Les mer
This book looks at the one of the key commercial links between the Baltic and Atlantic worlds in the eighteenth century - the export of Swedish and Russian iron to Britain - and its role in the making of the modern world.
Les mer
List of Maps, Figures, Illustrations, and Tables Abbreviations Chapter One. The Warehouse of the World. Commerce and Production in the Early Modern Atlantic World Chapter Two. The Topography of the Early Modern Iron Trade, c.1730 Chapter Three. The International Iron Trade at a Crossroads: Swedish and British Debates, 1730-1760 Chapter Four. An Industrial Revolution in Iron – Technology, Organisation and Markets, 1760-1870 Conclusion Dramatis Personae Glossary Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789004161535
Publisert
2007
Utgiver
Brill
Vekt
778 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
392

Forfatter
Evans, Chris
Rydén, Göran

Biografisk notat

Chris Evans, Ph.D. (1988) in History, University of London, teaches history at the University of Glamorgan, UK.

Göran Rydén, Ph.D. (1991) in Economic History, Uppsala University, is Professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Uppsala University.

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