The role of company promoters in the rise and fall of British mining on Spitsbergen
The coal rush that had seized the industrial world by the beginning of the twentieth century had also taken hold of Spitsbergen, a former name for Svalbard. ‘The coal rush’, however, was not a being of flesh and blood; it is easy to forget that it was an abstract notion. It did not simply happen of...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Norwegian |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11370/f6a82a6c-cb72-4fd0-a918-e06a9d87617f https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/selskapsgrundernes-rolle-i-britisk-gruvedrifts-vekst-og-fall-paa-spitsbergen(f6a82a6c-cb72-4fd0-a918-e06a9d87617f).html https://uit.no/om/enhet/tmu/vis?p_document_id=465168 |
| Summary: | The coal rush that had seized the industrial world by the beginning of the twentieth century had also taken hold of Spitsbergen, a former name for Svalbard. ‘The coal rush’, however, was not a being of flesh and blood; it is easy to forget that it was an abstract notion. It did not simply happen of its own accord; it was made to happen, and very real people, sometimes called ‘actors’ in scholarly frameworks, made sure that it did. The word ‘actor’ reminds us that the once remote archipelago was a stage on which Arctic industry was about to unfold before the world. In this volume on coal mining in Svalbard, we take a closer look at some of the men who pioneered and for a time drove the historical process. This must necessarily include a reflection of what happened when such men lost their importance. |
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