The contest for control: metal industries in Sheffield, Solingen, Remscheid and Eskilstuna during industrialization

This study of a specific industry's survival and growth in three countries is a useful resource for research on industrial development in 19th-century Europe. Presenting the history of three major cutlery districts in Western Europe during the 19th century - Sheffield in England, Bergische land...

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1. Verfasser: Magnusson, Lars 1927- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Berg 1994
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:This study of a specific industry's survival and growth in three countries is a useful resource for research on industrial development in 19th-century Europe. Presenting the history of three major cutlery districts in Western Europe during the 19th century - Sheffield in England, Bergische land (Solingen and Remscheid) in Germany, and Eskilstuna in Sweden - the author focuses on each region's industrial development vis-a-vis its socio-cultural context. This work challenges the flexible specialization thesis often used to explain the seeming persistence of small-scale and decentralized production within the cutlery industry since the 19th century, and argues that growing businesses had to develop competitive strategies for control over important resources.
Beschreibung:VII, 223 S.
ISBN:0854969527