Title Baltic iron in the Atlantic world in the eighteenth century / by Chris Evans, Göran Rydén

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007

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Description 1 electronic resource (xiii, [16] pages of plates, 359 pages ) Series The Atlantic world ; v. 13 The Atlantic world ; v. 13 Contents The warehouse of the world : commerce and production in the early modern Atlantic world -- The topography of the early modern iron trade, c. 1730 -- The international iron trade at a crossroads : Swedish and British debates, 1730-1760 -- An industrial revolution in iron: technology, organisation and markets, 1760-1870 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-344) and index Notes English Description based on print version record; resource not viewed Subject Iron industry and trade -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Iron industry and trade -- Russia -- History -- 18th century Iron industry and trade -- Sweden -- History -- 18th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports. HISTORY / Europe / General Iron industry and trade Eisenhandel Eisenproduktion Metaalindustrie. Great Britain Russia Sweden Baltikum Baltische landen. Atlantisch gebied. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Rydén, Göran LC no. 2021758403 ISBN 9789047421474 9047421477 1281936367 9781281936363 9786611936365 661193636X

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