Chris Evans is Principal Lecturer in History, University of Glamorgan, UK and Göran Rydén is an Assistant Professor in Economic History, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

• Contents: Preface; the Industrial Revolution in iron: an introduction, Chris Evans and Göran Rydén; The Industrial Revolution in iron in the British Isles, Chris Evans; Foreign trade - transfer - adaptation: British iron making technology on the continent (Belgium and France), Rainer Fremdling; The diffusion of coke smelting and puddling in Germany 1796-1860, Ralf Banken; The French iron and steel industry during the Industrial Revolution, Jean-François Belhoste and Denis Woronoff; Good ore but no coal, or coal but bad ore. Responses to the British challenge in the Habsburg monarchy, Akos Paulinyi; Responses to coal technology without coal. Swedish iron making in the 19th century, Göran Rydén; 19th-century Russian and 'western' ferrous metallurgy: complementary or competitive technologies?, Ian Blanchard; British technology and Spanish iron making during the 19th century, Emiliano Fernández de Pinedo and Rafael Uriarte Ayo; Bibliography; Index.

'... well-written individual contributions provide a valuable addition to our knowledge of the complexities of technology transfer during industrialization.' Business History 'This book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of technology transfer and the global modernization of the iron industry.' Technology and Culture ’...these well-researched papers deepen our understanding of the role of iron technology in the Industrial Revolution.’ Ambix