Family Building in Paternalistic Proto-Industries: A Cohort Study from Nineteenth-Century Swedish Iron Foundries

• Published in: Journal of Family History
• Main Author: Sundin, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1989
• Subjects: Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Anthropology; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/036319908901400306; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/036319908901400306

Family building and household structure in nineteenth-century proto-industrial iron foundries in northern Sweden are examined by comparing the lives of 500 persons born at iron foundries with 600 persons born in an agrarian area. The organization and demands of work, dependence on the business cycle, and paternalism are important factors in explaining the social and demographic patterns at the foundries.