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British Technology and European Industrialization : The Norwegian Textile Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Kristine Bruland (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521891558
ISBN-139780521891554
eBay Product ID (ePID)2377342
Product Key Features
Number of Pages204 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBritish Technology and European Industrialization : The Norwegian Textile Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Publication Year2003
SubjectIndustries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorKristine Bruland
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal338.4/7677/009481
Table Of ContentList of tables; List of figures; Preface; Map showing location of firms; 1. Technology and European growth; 2. The historiography of European industrialization; 3. Britain and Norway, 1800-1845: two transitions; 4. Acquisition of technologies by the Norwegian textile firms; 5. Flows of technological information; 6. British textile engineering and the Norwegian textile industry; 7. British agents of Norwegian enterprises; 8. British workers and the transfer of technology to Norway; 9. Interrelations among Norwegian firms; 10. The European dimension; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisHow did small European economies acquire the technologies and skills needed to industrialize in the nineteenth century? In this important contribution to a long-standing debate, Kristine Bruland looks at the Norwegian experience to show how a technological infrastructure was created, and suggests that much of this was due to the efforts of British machine makers who from the mid 1840s vigorously sought foreign markets. Providing not only basic technical services but also skilled labour to set up and then supervise the operation of the new machinery, British textile engineering firms were able to supply a complete 'package' of services, significantly easing the initial technical problems faced by Norwegian entrepreneurs. Kristine Bruland's case-study of the Norwegian textile industry demonstrates clearly the paradox that Britain's entrepreneurial efforts in the supply of capital goods overseas were largely responsible for the creation of the technical industrial bases of many of her major foreign competitors., Kristine Bruland looks at the Norwegian experience to show how a technological infrastructure was created, and suggests that much of this was due to the efforts of British machine makers who from the mid 1840s vigorously sought foreign markets for the new technology of the industrial revolution.
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