Swedish Iron in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Export Industry before the Industrialization.

Karl-Gustaf Hildebrand

Swedish Iron is an English translation of the first book in the comprehensive work about Swedish iron industry. This part describes the situation and development during the seventeenth and eighteenth century and covers all different parts in the history of the Swedish iron industry: the economic and technical development, the labour force, iron policy, the transport system etc. The book is rich in illustrations, partial in colour.