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- Aldman, Lili-Annè, 1955-
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En merkantilistisk början : Stockholms textila import 1720–1738
- 2008
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this thesis is to, from an institutional approach, study how the Stockholm importers within the textile sector adapted their foreign trade to the change in economic policy 1720 through 1738. The focus is to investigate to what extent the introduction of new laws, regulations etc. can be an explanation for what happened to Stockholm’s foreign trade, mainly imports, particularly textile imports during the period. It is mainly the economic policies that had been enacted during the Hornian government and their effects that have been studied. This is a period that has seldom been studied in other research. This thesis begins when the Russian raids were over. This was a year when the foreign trade still was relatively free and was untouched by the 17th century’s regulations. After 1721 the policies that would be introduced to increase Sweden's level of self-sufficiency and strengthen ties with the North Sea area had several components. Besides the economic policy, the main sources for the thesis are the city toll records. The trade policies in the shape of tolls and fees, import and consumption bans etc. and the commercial policies together became different kinds of political tools used for several purposes. The conclusion of this thesis is that the economic policies made the Stockholm importers adapt their trade to the change. The import bans and sumptuary laws had an effect. The economic policies gave rise to an increase in the import of textile raw materials. The rise in toll costs and import fees contributed to displacing the foreign trade towards other areas. The change in the economic policies was successful in the sense that it gave rise to new conditions for domestic production within the textile sector and forced Stockholm's importers to adapt their foreign trade.
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- Lilja, Kristina, 1968-
(författare)
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Marknad och hushåll : Sparande och krediter i Falun 1820-1910 utifrån ett livscykelperspektiv
- 2004
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The primary aim of this thesis has been to analyse the transformation of the Swedish capital market from a household perspective. The investigation shows that the transition from a mostly private credit market to a more institutionalised credit market took place at the end of the nineteenth century. At this time there were several actors in the credit market that were able to fulfil the diverse needs of credit that different households might have. This need was very much correlated to the household’s particular stage in its life-cycle. In accordance with the life-cycle theory and the permanent income hypothesis, households displayed a savings and consumption pattern that was dependent on income and the burden of expenditure. Households also seemed to have particular difficulty meeting expenditures, so-called life-cycle squeezes, when the household was first started, when the household size was at its peak and when the head of family reached old age, which coincided with a declining capacity to work. The investigation also shows that household savings were meant for old age. Contrary to the assumption made in life-cycle theory, households seemed to intend to provide heirs with an inheritance. This finding is more in keeping with the permanent income hypothesis, which states that households were expected to maintain their assets intact over the course of a life-time.
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- Nyström, Maurits
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Att ta spjärn mot glömskan
- 2010
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This book is a Festschrift to Maurits Nyström with nine texts chosen from his extensive publications. The selection reflects his broad and deep knowledge of the history of Norrbotten, as well as his ability to popularize research results. The articles deal with the region’s development from a rural farming society to a modern industrial society. The texts describe the distinctive character of Norrbotten, with its many small freeholders, few and small cities with small-scale capitalist enterprises and an industrialization based mainly on the exploitation of raw materials. In some of the articles, the author deals with these features in a broad sense and in others in more detail, with examples from individual trading houses, coaching inns and small farms. Norrbotten has experienced a wave of out-migration during the past decades, and in a couple of articles Nyström studies how the local population has dealt with preserving the memories of a bygone era. What has been preserved, by whom and why? Fighting Against Forgetfulness draws attention to events, processes and contexts that are unknown to many people in our own time and that have been forgotten, neglected or dealt with sparingly by professional historians.
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- Svensson, Rebecca, 1963-
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När järnarbetare hanterar spaden och målaren knackar makadam : Om arbetslöshetspolitik i en arbetarstyrd kommun, Västerås, under 1920-talets krisår
- 2004
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In this dissertation local employment policy under the 1920s has been examined with regard to, among other, the following questions: Who had the power over the local unemployment policy? Did a town governed by the Social Democrats try to transform permanent employment into relief work? The dissertation is about Västerås, which in the 1920s was one of the larger cities in Sweden. The labour market was dominated by two large manufacturing companies. The 1920 crisis struck Västerås hard, and periodically the unemployment rate was the highest in Sweden. Since 1919, the Social Democrats together with the Left Socialist were in a majority position within the local government, and furthermore, the trade unions were well-organised. There was also a relatively strong Association for the Unemployed. This association, together with The Joint Trade Union Association, acted as pressure groups on the local government. In Västerås the most important political figures were to be found within a very limited group of decision-makers, who held positions of trust in the town Finance Department, in the Social Democratic city council group and in the Unemployment Committee. Most were members of at least two of these bodies at the same time. The politicians co-operated across party dividing lines to keep the town district’s expenses for measures against unemployment as low as possible. Therefore priority was given to measures that would give State subsidies (especially relief work), but also to measures such as municipal work that was not entitled to State subsidies, but that kept wage costs down.
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