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1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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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 |
| Summary |
"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 peasant communities gave the societies a special kind of cohesion and rationality. This volume presents the findings of a joint team of Swedish and Russian scholars examining the social organization of work in early modern iron industry and their respective societies. The comparison was carried out against the backdrop of the international discussion on proto-industrialization, its prerequisites and consequences. There has, however, been a certain bias in much of that debate, the focus being mainly on Western Europe, particularly on Britain, and on textile trades. This book offers an important contribution to the debate in that it widens the perspective by discussing Northern and Eastern Europe and by studying the iron industry. More particularly it examines actual production processes, the organization of work, social conflict, questions of ownership and its evolution, as well as the diffusion and organization of technical knowledge. The comparative approach is consistently applied throughout, with each chapter closely integrating the results relating to the two selected geographical areas, thus showing ways of solving some of the problems arising from comparative history."-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Iron industry and trade -- Sweden -- History
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Iron industry and trade -- Russia -- History
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Iron and steel workers -- Sweden -- History
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Iron and steel workers -- Russia -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Iron and steel workers
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Iron industry and trade
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IJzerindustrie.
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Russia
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Sweden
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ågren, Maria, editor.
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| LC no. |
97031843 |
| ISBN |
9781782388036 |
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1782388036 |
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