Sweden was a major exporter of iron during the early-modern period, but there was also an important domestic steelmaking. We analyse the Swedish iron and steel trade in a long perspective in a European context. Our approach departs from recent discussions on industrial and scientific developments, in which the spheres of “Hand” and “Mind” are brought together, and where artisanal skills and natural resources are highlighted. We emphasise how the migration of people, and movements of materials and knowledge, influenced a process of gradual change. A key feature was the ongoing interactions between working people and educated savants. Our conclusion points to the perseverance of artisanal skills well into the nineteenth century, but also towards new links between work, technology, and markets.
Uppsala University, Sweden - ORCID: 0000-0001-7220-1651
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Titolo del capitolo
The œconomia of iron and steel: Material transformations, manual skills, and technical improvement in early modern Sweden
Autori
Måns Jansson, Göran Rydén
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9.15
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
L’economia della conoscenza: innovazione, produttività e crescita economica nei secoli XIII-XVIII / The knowledge economy: innovation, productivity and economic growth, 13th to 18th century
Curatori
Giampiero Nigro
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
456
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0092-9
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0091-2
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0092-9
Collana
Datini Studies in Economic History
ISSN della collana
2975-1241
e-ISSN della collana
2975-1195