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Textiles in blue : production, consumption and material culture in rural areas in early-nineteenth century Finland
Uotila, Merja; Paloheimo, Maare (Routledge, 2023)The article focuses on masculine consumption patterns and the production and dyeing of textiles in rural Finland in the early nineteenth century. It maintains that the rural consumption of textiles as well as individual ... -
Knowledge Transfer Within Artisan Families in Early Nineteenth-Century Rural Finland
Uotila, Merja (Routledge, 2019)In nineteenth‑century Finland, artisans constituted an important part of society, and the majority of them lived in the countryside. Rural artisans were jacks-of-all-trades who met the needs of country folk. This chapter ... -
Multi-currency regime and markets in early nineteenth-century Finland
Voutilainen, Miikka; Turunen, Riina; Ojala, Jari (Cambridge University Press, 2020)Pre-industrial money supply typically consisted of multiple, often foreign currencies. Standard economic theory implies that this entails welfare loss due to transaction costs imposed by currency exchange. Through a study ... -
Experiencing and Encountering Impoverishment in Nineteenth-Century Finland
Frigren, Pirita; Hemminki, Tiina; Nummela, Ilkka (Sam Houston State University, 2017)The nineteenth century in Finland was characterized by significant societal changes. Since 1809 a Grand Duchy of imperial Russia, Finland began to transform from an early modern society of estates to a modern civic society. ... -
Debating "the ABCs of parliamentary life" : the learning of parliamentary rules and practices in the late nineteenth-century Finnish Diet and the early Eduskunta
Pekonen, Onni (University of Jyväskylä, 2014)