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The Nobel Family : Swedish Geniuses in Tsarist Russia

Title
The Nobel Family : Swedish Geniuses in Tsarist Russia / Bengt Jangfeldt ; translated from the Swedish by Harry D. Watson.
Author
Jangfeldt, Bengt, 1948-
Publication
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

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Additional Authors
  • Watson, Harry D.
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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Immanuel Nobel & söne. English
Alternative Title
Immanuel Nobel & söne.
Subject
  • Noble family
  • Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896 > Family
  • Engineers > Sweden
  • Inventors > Sweden
  • Businessmen > Russia > History
  • History
  • Russia
  • Sweden
Note
  • Foreword -- Part 1: 1. Immanuel 2. Immanuel Nobel & Sons 3. Immanuel and Andriette -- Part 2: 4. Ludvig 5. Robert 6. Robert & Ludvig 7. The Nobel Brothers 8. The End of an Epoch -- Part 3: 9. The Third Generation 10. Emanuel 11. The Age of Greatness 12. Welfare and Charity 13. Political Unrest, Economic Growth and War 14. Anno 1917 -- Part 4: Postscript Afterword Family Tree Picture Credits Notes Bibliography Index
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 05, 2023).
Contents
  • Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART ONE -- 1 IMMANUEL -- At sea -- Carl XIV Johan's triumphal arch -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts -- The inventor -- Gummi elasticum -- Lars Gabriel von Haartman -- 2 IMMANUEL NOBEL & SONS -- The city on the Neva -- Explosive experiments -- Colonel Ogaryov's and Mr Nobel's licensed mechanical wheel factory and foundry -- Nobel & Sons -- Daily life in St Petersburg -- Roof trusses and window frames -- The Crimean War -- Catastrophe -- 3 IMMANUEL AND ANDRIETTE
  • 'The lawsuit against the Crown' -- Blasting oil -- Robert becomes a brewer -- Underwater mines in Swedish waters -- The initial ignition principle -- The second lawsuit against the Crown -- 'The Nobel bang' -- Venus and Mercury -- The Nitroglycerine Company Ltd -- Shared honour -- Shavings for the benefit of the homeland -- 'One of the men representative of their century' -- PART TWO -- 4 LUDVIG -- The Ludvig Nobel Machine Factory -- From muzzle-loaders to breech-loaders -- Vladimir Baranovsky -- The Russian Technological Society -- Robert returns to St Petersburg -- Ludvig's honeymoon trip
  • The Berdanka -- Profi t-sharing and reform of working conditions -- 5 ROBERT -- The Caucasus -- The de Boer Brothers -- Logistical challenges -- A St Petersburg interlude -- Bad Kube -- City of the Winds -- 6 ROBERT AND LUDVIG -- Excise duty -- 'Brilliant results' -- 'Views on the oil industry in Baku and its future' -- Ludvig's programme -- The Nobel brothers' Naphtha Production Company -- The men around Robert -- Robert's last days in Baku -- 7 THE NOBEL BROTHERS -- 'Our works are large and magnificent' -- Villa Petrolea -- The pessimist and the optimist
  • The Transcaucasian Railway and the house of Rothschild -- The year 1886 -- 8 THE END OF AN EPOCH -- The Swedish parish and societies -- Social life -- Nordenskiöld -- Summer retreats -- An epoch is buried -- 'A shining example' -- The first Nobel prize -- The inheritance -- PART THREE -- 9 THE THIRD GENERATION -- The Emperor's visit -- Leadership problems -- Ivar Lagerwall -- Carl Nobel and the machine factory -- Brother Hjalmar -- Cousin Hjalmar -- 10 EMANUEL -- The Syndicate -- The Rothschild's and Standard Oil -- The problems seen from Robert's vantage point -- Not 'what' but 'who'
  • The fateful year of 1896 -- 11 THE AGE OF GREATNESS -- Karl Vassilievitch -- Cream separators and internal combustion engines -- Political unrest -- 'Bloody Sunday' -- Emanuel the politician -- 12 WELFARE AND CHARITY -- The Nobel towns -- The People's House -- Marta -- 'A little Sweden on Russian soil' -- Selma Lagerlöf's visit -- Kirjola -- 13 POLITICAL UNREST, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WAR -- The king and his princes -- Olsen and Hagelin depart -- Economic growth -- New deposits -- World war -- Consumer societies and hospitals -- 14 ANNO 1917 -- The Bolshevik coup -- Civil war -- Exile in Kislovodsk
ISBN
  • 9781350348943
  • 1350348945
  • 9781350348929
  • 1350348929
  • 9781350348936
  • 1350348937
LCCN
10.5040/9781350348943
OCLC
om3697023916
Author
Jangfeldt, Bengt, 1948- author.
Title
The Nobel Family : Swedish Geniuses in Tsarist Russia / Bengt Jangfeldt ; translated from the Swedish by Harry D. Watson.
Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
text file HTML
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Added Author
Watson, Harry D., translator.
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Original 1350348910 9781350348912
Other Standard Identifier
10.5040/9781350348943 doi
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