Contest for Control : Metal Industries in Sheffield, Solingen, Remscheid and Eskilstuna during Industrialisation Hardback
by Lars Magnusson
Hardback
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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 in relation to its socio-cultural context.
This work challenges the flexible specialisation thesis often used to explain the seeming persistence of small-scale and decentralised production within the cutlery industry since the 19th century, and argues that growing businesses had to develop competitive strategies for control over important resources.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, illustrations, index
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/08/1994
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- ISBN:9780854969524
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages, illustrations, index
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/08/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780854969524