Göran Rydén
Professor at Department of Economic History
- E-mail:
- goran.ryden@ibf.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Professor in economic history, especially construction and settlement at Institute for Housing and Urban Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 65 18
- E-mail:
- Goran.Ryden@ibf.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 18
- Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Publications
Selection of publications
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Viewing and Walking: Swedish Visitors to Eighteenth-Century London
Part of Journal of urban history, p. 255-274, 2013
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From Gammelbo Bruk to Calabar: Swedish Iron in an Expanding Atlantic Economy
Part of Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity, Springer, 2013
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The Enlightenment in Practice: Swedish Travellers and Knowledge about the Metal Trades
Part of Sjuttonhundratal, Sällskapet för 1700-talsstudier, 2013
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Provincial Cosmopolitanism: An Introduction
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World, p. 1-32, Ashgate, 2013
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Sveaborg and the End of the Swedish Cosmopolitan Eighteenth Century: An Epilogue
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World, p. 325-334, Ashgate, 2013
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Eskilstuna Fristad: The beginnings of an urban experiment
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World. , p. 123-146, Ashgate, 2013
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The best iron in the world: Öregrund Iron and British Steel Making in the eighteenth century
Part of L'acier en Europe avant Bessemer, Université Paris, 2011
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Industrialismen: Ankomsten av det moderna
Part of Jordpäron, p. 389-399, Atlantis, 2011
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Global historia från periferin.: Norden 1600-1850
Studentlitteratur, 2010
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 659-667, 2009
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Global historia: - något för nordiska historiker
Part of Global histora från periferin., p. 13-38, Studentlitteratur, 2009
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Fran Gammelbo till Calabar.: Det svenska järnet och den expanderande atlantiska ekonomin
Part of Global historia från periferin., p. 75-96, Studentlitteratur, 2009
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Part of Sjuttonhundratal, p. 63-81, 2008
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Iron marks as early brand names: Swedish iron in the Atlantic market during the eighteenth century
Part of Information Flows, p. 193-211, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2007
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Baltic Iron and the Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century
Brill, 2007
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Part of Med Hammare och Fackla, p. 151-180, Sancte Örjens gille, 2006
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Iron marks as early brand names: Swedish iron in the Atlantic market during the eighteenth century
2006
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Ashgate, 2005
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Part of Spinning the commercial Web, p. 395, Lang, 2004
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Baltic iron and the organisation of the British iron market in the eighteenth century
Part of Britain and the Baltic: studies in commercial, political and cultural relations 1500-2000, p. 358, University of Sunderland Press, Sunderland, 2003
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Novelties and Responses. Iron and coal in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Sweden, (and Russia)
Part of Atti delle, p. 823-838, Firenze, 2003
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Part of Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
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Metallurgic Industry: Historical Overview
Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
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Metallurgical Industry: Industrial Organisation and Markets
Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
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Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
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Baltic iron and the British iron industry in the eighteenth century
Part of Economic History Review, p. 642-665, 2002
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Vallonerna, det moderna samhället och forskarna
Part of Valloner, p. 9-24, Gidlund i samarbete med Dalarnas forskningsråd, Hedemora; Uppsala, 2002
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Vallonbruk, vallonsmeder och vallonsmide - en precisering av ett kunskapsläge
Part of Valloner - järnets människor, Gidlund i samarbete med Dalarnas forskningsråd, Hedemora; Uppsala, 2002
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Part of Industrialismens tid. Ekonomisk-historiska perspektiv på svensk industriell omvandling under 200 år, SNS förl., Stockholm, 2002
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Sketches of Spain. The journey of Reinhold Rücker Angerstein 1752
Part of Spanish-Swedish relations from the mid seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, Avdelningen för spanska, Göteborgs universitet: Iberoamerikanska institutet, Göteborg, 2002
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British Ironmasters in the Eighteenth Century
Part of Europäische Montanregion Harz, p. 81-92, 2001
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The social organization of work in mines, furnaces and forges
Part of Iron-making societies: early industrial development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900, R.I. : Berghahn, Providence, 1998
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Social Organisation of the Swedish Bar Iron Production
Part of 15. The Social Organisation of the European Iron Industry, 1600-1900. Proceedings from a Conference, p. 167-205, 1997
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Mästersmedernas uttåg? Den svenska järnhanteringens förändring före götstålets entré
Part of Svenskt järn under 2500 år. Från gruvpigor och smedsdrängar till operatörer, Daedalus., 1997
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Recruitment, kinship and the distribution of skill. Bar iron making in Britain and Sweden 1500-1800
Part of Social History Society Bulletin, p. 17-18, 1996
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Part of Societies made up of history, p. 42, 1996
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Arbete, hushåll och region. Tankar om industrialiseringsprocesser och den svens-ka järnhanteringen.
1992
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 1-31, 1992
Recent publications
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Det stora Jernsystemet: Arbete och hushållning i 1700-talets Dannemora bergslag
Apell förlag, 2025
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Rörelser mot det industriella: Bergsbruk och historisk förändring
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 360-388, 2024
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Part of The knowledge economy, p. 237-262, Firenze University Press (FUP), 2023
- DOI for The œconomia of iron and steel: Material transformations, manual skills, and technical improvement in early modern Sweden
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Improving Swedish Steelmaking: Circulation and Localized Knowledge-Making in Early Modernity
Part of Technology and culture, p. 515-542, 2023
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Making iron, producing space!: How coerced work defined a Swedish early modern ironmaking region
Part of Labor history, p. 706-719, 2023
- DOI for Making iron, producing space!: How coerced work defined a Swedish early modern ironmaking region
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Rörelser mot det industriella: Bergsbruk och historisk förändring
Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 360-388, 2024
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Improving Swedish Steelmaking: Circulation and Localized Knowledge-Making in Early Modernity
Part of Technology and culture, p. 515-542, 2023
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Making iron, producing space!: How coerced work defined a Swedish early modern ironmaking region
Part of Labor history, p. 706-719, 2023
- DOI for Making iron, producing space!: How coerced work defined a Swedish early modern ironmaking region
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‘Voyage iron’: an Atlantic slave trade currency, its European origins, and West African impact
Part of Past & Present, p. 41-70, 2018
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From Razors to Rock Drills: Metals in the Early Modern World
Part of Scandia, p. 107-117, 2015
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Från rakhyvlar till bergborrar: Metaller i den tidigmoderna världen
Part of Scandia, 2015
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Viewing and Walking: Swedish Visitors to Eighteenth-Century London
Part of Journal of urban history, p. 255-274, 2013
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 659-667, 2009
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Part of Sjuttonhundratal, p. 63-81, 2008
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Baltic iron and the British iron industry in the eighteenth century
Part of Economic History Review, p. 642-665, 2002
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Part of Dagens Nyheter, 2001
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Recruitment, kinship and the distribution of skill. Bar iron making in Britain and Sweden 1500-1800
Part of Social History Society Bulletin, p. 17-18, 1996
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Part of Societies made up of history, p. 42, 1996
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Iron production and the household as a production unit in nineteenth century Sweden
Part of Continuity and Change, 1995
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 1-31, 1992
Books
Chapters in book
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Part of The knowledge economy, p. 237-262, Firenze University Press (FUP), 2023
- DOI for The œconomia of iron and steel: Material transformations, manual skills, and technical improvement in early modern Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of The œconomia of iron and steel: Material transformations, manual skills, and technical improvement in early modern Sweden
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Making and Trading Metals: A Narrative of Swedish Improvement
Part of Political Reason and the Language of Change, p. 218-238, Routledge, 2022
- DOI for Making and Trading Metals: A Narrative of Swedish Improvement
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Med svenska ögon på Røros och den norska kopparhanteringen
Part of Skandinavisk kobber, p. 164-179, Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2020
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Part of Locating the Global, p. 117-145, Walter de Gruyter, 2020
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Part of Globalized Peripheries, Boydell & Brewer, 2020
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Balancing the Divine with the Private: The Practices of Hushållning inEighteenth-Century Sweden
Part of Cameralismin practice, Boydell & Brewer, 2017
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Connecting Labour: Organizing Swedish Ironmaking in an Atlantic Context
Part of Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star, p. 71-87, Berghahn Books, 2017
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Part of Making a Living, Making a Difference, Oxford University Press, 2016
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Part of Making a Living, Making a Difference, Oxford University Press, 2016
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How ‘travellers in trade’ changed Swedish perceptions of economic systems in the eighteenth century’
Part of Global Scientific Practice in the Age of Revolutions, 1750 – 1850, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016
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From Gammelbo Bruk to Calabar: Swedish Iron in an Expanding Atlantic Economy
Part of Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity, Springer, 2013
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The Enlightenment in Practice: Swedish Travellers and Knowledge about the Metal Trades
Part of Sjuttonhundratal, Sällskapet för 1700-talsstudier, 2013
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Provincial Cosmopolitanism: An Introduction
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World, p. 1-32, Ashgate, 2013
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Sveaborg and the End of the Swedish Cosmopolitan Eighteenth Century: An Epilogue
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World, p. 325-334, Ashgate, 2013
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Eskilstuna Fristad: The beginnings of an urban experiment
Part of Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World. , p. 123-146, Ashgate, 2013
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Det tidigmoderna bergsbrukets män och kvinnor: – forskning om arbetare och arbete
Part of Levebröd, 2011
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The best iron in the world: Öregrund Iron and British Steel Making in the eighteenth century
Part of L'acier en Europe avant Bessemer, Université Paris, 2011
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Industrialismen: Ankomsten av det moderna
Part of Jordpäron, p. 389-399, Atlantis, 2011
-
Global historia: - något för nordiska historiker
Part of Global histora från periferin., p. 13-38, Studentlitteratur, 2009
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Fran Gammelbo till Calabar.: Det svenska järnet och den expanderande atlantiska ekonomin
Part of Global historia från periferin., p. 75-96, Studentlitteratur, 2009
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Contrasting Merchant Communities in the Early Eighteenth Century: Stockholm, Calabar and Charlestown
Part of Trade, Migration and Urban Networks, c. 1640-1940, p. 33-48, International Maritime Economic History Association, 2008
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Iron marks as early brand names: Swedish iron in the Atlantic market during the eighteenth century
Part of Information Flows, p. 193-211, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2007
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Part of Med Hammare och Fackla, p. 151-180, Sancte Örjens gille, 2006
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Part of Spinning the commercial Web, p. 395, Lang, 2004
-
Baltic iron and the organisation of the British iron market in the eighteenth century
Part of Britain and the Baltic: studies in commercial, political and cultural relations 1500-2000, p. 358, University of Sunderland Press, Sunderland, 2003
-
Novelties and Responses. Iron and coal in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, Sweden, (and Russia)
Part of Atti delle, p. 823-838, Firenze, 2003
-
Part of Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
-
Metallurgic Industry: Historical Overview
Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
-
Metallurgical Industry: Industrial Organisation and Markets
Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
-
Part of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003
-
Vallonerna, det moderna samhället och forskarna
Part of Valloner, p. 9-24, Gidlund i samarbete med Dalarnas forskningsråd, Hedemora; Uppsala, 2002
-
Vallonbruk, vallonsmeder och vallonsmide - en precisering av ett kunskapsläge
Part of Valloner - järnets människor, Gidlund i samarbete med Dalarnas forskningsråd, Hedemora; Uppsala, 2002
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Part of Industrialismens tid. Ekonomisk-historiska perspektiv på svensk industriell omvandling under 200 år, SNS förl., Stockholm, 2002
-
Sketches of Spain. The journey of Reinhold Rücker Angerstein 1752
Part of Spanish-Swedish relations from the mid seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, Avdelningen för spanska, Göteborgs universitet: Iberoamerikanska institutet, Göteborg, 2002
-
British Ironmasters in the Eighteenth Century
Part of Europäische Montanregion Harz, p. 81-92, 2001
-
The social organization of work in mines, furnaces and forges
Part of Iron-making societies: early industrial development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900, R.I. : Berghahn, Providence, 1998
-
Social Organisation of the Swedish Bar Iron Production
Part of 15. The Social Organisation of the European Iron Industry, 1600-1900. Proceedings from a Conference, p. 167-205, 1997
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Mästersmedernas uttåg? Den svenska järnhanteringens förändring före götstålets entré
Part of Svenskt järn under 2500 år. Från gruvpigor och smedsdrängar till operatörer, Daedalus., 1997
Collections (editor)
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Sweden in the Eighteenth-Century World: Provincial Cosmopolitans
Ashgate, 2013
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Global historia från periferin.: Norden 1600-1850
Studentlitteratur, 2010
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Ashgate, 2005
Conference papers
Reports
Other
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Part of Technology and culture, p. 1242-1243, 2020
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Part of Technology and culture, p. 1242-1243, 2020
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Part of Sjuttonhundratal, 2018