| Baltic Iron in the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century Contributor(s): Evans, Chris (Author), Rydén, Göran (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004161538 ISBN-13: 9789004161535 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This book looks at the one of the key commercial links between the Baltic and Atlantic worlds in the eighteenth century - the export of Swedish and Russian iron to Britain - and its role in the making of the modern world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - History | Modern - 18th Century - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 382.423 |
| Series: Atlantic World |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (1.90 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |