Competitiveness and Obsolescence in the German Charcoal Iron Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4027752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eric Dorn Brose (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 532 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3104852 |
| OpenAlex | W2327723129 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Not until the latter 1850s did coke surpass charcoal as a fuel in Germany's iron industry. That this occurred seventy to eighty years later than it did in England is attributed by some historians to the backwardness and superstition of German ironmasters. Other traditional explanations include the abundant supply of wood for charcoal, the high cost of transporting coke before the advent of railroads, the absence of tariff protection, the scarcity of good coking coals, and the shortage of risk capital.' Iron making with coke, according to these interpretations, awaited the removal of these impediments and disincentives
Archaeology · Business · Charcoal · Economics · German · Metallurgy · Natural resource economics · Obsolescence · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Marketing · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |