TY - JOUR
T1 - The transfer of technology from Great Britain to Sweden 1825-1850
T2 - a study of the international diffusion of machine technology
AU - Gooch, Geoffrey D.
AU - Castensson, Reinhold
N1 - Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - During the first half of the 19th century presumptive Swedish manufacturers were eager to obtain new industrial technology, and they sought to import tools and machinery from the industrialized countries of Europe. The authors have traced the import of machine-tools to Sweden during the years 1825 to 1850, and mapped the diffusion of that technology within Sweden. It is shown that Britain was the predominant supplier of technology to Sweden, and that the city of Gothenburg was the principal entry point for the inflow of machinery. The destination for much of the imported technology was Gothenburg's hinterland, although technology was also dispersed from that port to locations in the whole of southern Sweden. This paper contends that the technology imported was not the most advanced available, and that the Swedish workshops failed to utilize the advances in machine-tool technology which were achieved by British engineers in the first decades of the 19th century. The study is based on analyses of archival material in Sweden and Britain. -from Authors
AB - During the first half of the 19th century presumptive Swedish manufacturers were eager to obtain new industrial technology, and they sought to import tools and machinery from the industrialized countries of Europe. The authors have traced the import of machine-tools to Sweden during the years 1825 to 1850, and mapped the diffusion of that technology within Sweden. It is shown that Britain was the predominant supplier of technology to Sweden, and that the city of Gothenburg was the principal entry point for the inflow of machinery. The destination for much of the imported technology was Gothenburg's hinterland, although technology was also dispersed from that port to locations in the whole of southern Sweden. This paper contends that the technology imported was not the most advanced available, and that the Swedish workshops failed to utilize the advances in machine-tool technology which were achieved by British engineers in the first decades of the 19th century. The study is based on analyses of archival material in Sweden and Britain. -from Authors
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0026267523
SN - 0435-3684
VL - 73
SP - 175
EP - 185
JO - Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography
JF - Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography
IS - 3
ER -