Iron-Making Societies: Early Industrial Development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900

by Maria Ågren

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157181955X
• ISBN13: 9781571819550
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"