Iron-making societies : early industrial development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900 / edited by Maria Agren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ågren, Maria, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron industry and trade--Sweden--History.

Iron industry and trade.

Iron industry and trade--Russia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 1998.

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 bac

Contents:

Iron-Making Societies; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Part I; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Iron-Making in Peasant Communities; Chapter Three: The Social Organisation of Work at Mines, Furnaces and Forges; Part II; Chapter Four: The Social Organisation of Peasant Work; Chapter Five: Charcoal; Chapter Six: Households, Families and Iron-Making; Part III; Chapter Seven: Community and Property; Chapter Eight: Knowledge; Chapter Nine: Iron-Making Societies; Glossary; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571819550

157181955X

9781782388036

1782388036

OCLC:

1100840758