An Institutional Approach to the Göta kanal
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-44415-9 (ISBN)
This book is based on an institutional evolutionary theoretical view to the Göta kanal. Canals were the major transport infrastructure system besides roads and maritime transport until railroads were introduced. The canal studied is the Swedish Göta kanal project during the preparation and construction phase from 1800-1832. Thus, the Göta kanal, and the canal-era, is seen from a technological, an economic and a political perspective. Comparisons are made with two contemporary major canal-projects; the Erie Canal in the USA (1817-1825) and the Caledonian Canal in Britain (1804-1822). It is argued that the Göta kanal project, as Sweden's Mega Project of its time, represented an important development step in Sweden as regards learning and innovation and became a starting point for Swedish transport infrastructure projects in the time to come, primarily the railways.
lt;p>Björn Hasselgren is a guest researcher in the Economic History Department of Uppsala University, Sweden and has a Ph.D. in planning and decision analysis from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has extensive experience from senior positions in the transport infrastructure sector and the Sveriges Riksbank. His last book, Transport Infrastructure in Time, Scope and Scale: An Economic History and Evolutionary Perspective, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.
1.The development of Transport Infrastructure Systems.- 2. Göta kanal and the "canal-age" - the literature.- 3. Göta kanal - the major Swedish Canal - and an example of the Canal era - a brief introduction.- 4. Different perspectives on Göta kanal.- 5. Göta kanal and the iron industry in the adjoining regions - an example of interrelations and interdependencies.- 6. Conclusions and analysis.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XIII, 108 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 293 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Schlagworte | Anthropology of materiality and infrastructure • Canal transportation • Gota Kanal • Göta Kanal Corporation • Private sector and public sector responsibilities • Railroad transport system • Social economics of transport and infrastructure • Thomas Telford • Transport infrastructure projects |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-44415-9 / 3031444159 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-44415-9 / 9783031444159 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
