Contest for Control: Metal Industries in Sheffield, Solingen, Remscheid and Eskilstuna During Industrialisation

By Lars Magnusson

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854969527
• ISBN13: 9780854969524
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"