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 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.

Sommario

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

PART I

Chapter 1.Introduction: Swedish and Russian Iron-Making As Forms of Early Industry

Maria Ågren

Chapter 2. Iron-Making in Peasant Communities

Maria Sjöberg with Anton Tomilov

Chapter 3. The Social Organisation of Work at Mines, Furnaces and Forges

Anders Florén and Göran Rydén with Ludmila Dashkevich, D.V. Gavrilov and Sergei Ustiantsev

PART II: INTEGRATION OF THE AGRARIAN ENVIRONMENT IN IRON PRODUCTION

Chapter 4. The Social Organisation of Peasant Work

Maria Ågren with Nina Minenko and Igor Poberezhnikov

Chapter 5. Charcoal: Production and Transport

Maths Isacson with Igor Poberezhnikov

Chapter 6. Households, Families and Iron-Making

Göran Rydén with Svetlana Golikova

PART III: THE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT CHANGED

Chapter 7. Community and Property

Maria Ågren with Vladimir Zhelezkin and Vladimir Shkerin

Chapter 8. Knowledge: Its Transfer and Reproduction in Occupations

Rolf Torstendahl with Ludmila Dashkevich and Sergei Ustiantsev

Chapter 9. Iron-Making Societies: The Development of the Iron Industry in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900

Anders Florén

Glossary

Notes on Contributors

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Maria Ågren teaches in the Department of History at Uppsala University

Riassunto

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.

Testo aggiuntivo

"[The results of the Russian-Swedish research team] are presented an exemplary fashion and rigorously edited ... Whoever is interested in the industrial development of European economy and society should read this book."  · Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte

"... very well written, clearly arranged and interesting and easy to read ... an important study."  · Eva Österberg, Professor of History, University of Lund.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Maria Agren (Editore), Maria Ågren (Editore)
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9781571819550
• ISBN: 978-1-57181-955-0
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 222 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 598 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; History (General)