Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century /
Evans, Chris, 1961-
Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century / by Chris Evans, Göran Rydén. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - The Atlantic World 13. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222830. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-344) and index.
Preliminary Materials / 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 / C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén.
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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.
9789047421474 (electronic book) (print)
10.1163/ej.9789004161535.i-360 DOI
2007035853
B0711887 bccb
Metaalindustrie.
Iron industry and trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Iron industry and trade--History--Russia--18th century.
Iron industry and trade--History--Sweden--18th century.
Atlantisch gebied.
Baltische landen.
HD9521.5 / .E93 2007
382/.42309485
Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century / by Chris Evans, Göran Rydén. - 1 online resource. - Brill eBook titles 2007 . - The Atlantic World 13. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222830. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-344) and index.
Preliminary Materials / 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 / C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén -- C. Evans and G. Rydén.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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.
9789047421474 (electronic book) (print)
10.1163/ej.9789004161535.i-360 DOI
2007035853
B0711887 bccb
Metaalindustrie.
Iron industry and trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Iron industry and trade--History--Russia--18th century.
Iron industry and trade--History--Sweden--18th century.
Atlantisch gebied.
Baltische landen.
HD9521.5 / .E93 2007
382/.42309485