Exploring the mores of mining
Subtitle: the oeconomy of the Great Copper Mine, 1716-1724
By: Hedvig Widmalm
Series: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Uppsala studies in economic history -- 114; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis -- 114.
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Uppsala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789151304229
Subjects: History; Copper mines and mining; Mines and mineral resources; Coal mines and mining; Economic history
Description: This thesis closely examines the Great Copper Mine in Falun in the first two decades of the eighteenth century. It uses a micro-historical approach to investigate the economic discourse of agrarian oeconomy, a complex idea tied to the early modern agrarian society. The implementation of a series of economic reforms in 1716 and the subsequent Royal Commission in 1724 form the key sources studied here. Part of this also includes a close reading of the words of Anders Swab, the Mine Inspector, and those who argued against his reforms--Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet website
Notes: Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala Universitet, 2018

"Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economic History"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208).