Iron-making societies : early industrial development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900 /

"The title of this book has a double meaning: on the one hand, it deals with two very different societies both of which made iron in the early modern period. On the other hand, iron 'made' these societies: the needs of iron production and the resistance to these demands from local pea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ågren, Maria (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 1998.
Subjects:
Iron industry and trade > Sweden > History.
Iron industry and trade > Russia > History.
Iron and steel workers > Sweden > History.
Iron and steel workers > Russia > History.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier > Suède > Histoire.
Travailleurs du fer et de l'acier > Russie > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Iron and steel workers
Iron industry and trade
IJzerindustrie.
Russia
Sweden
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Swedish and Russian iron-making as forms of early industry
  • Iron-making in peasant communities
  • The social organization of work at mines, furnaces and forges
  • The social organisation of peasant work
  • Charcoal: production and transport
  • Households, families and iron-making
  • Community and property
  • Knowledge: its transfer and reproduction in occupations
  • Iron-making societies: the development of the iron industry in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900.

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