001483778 000__ 06038nam\\22007097i\4500 001483778 001__ 1483778 001483778 003__ NhCcYBP 001483778 005__ 20240104003246.0 001483778 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001483778 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001483778 008__ 230825s2023\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0ceng\d 001483778 020__ $$a9781350348943 001483778 020__ $$a1350348945 001483778 020__ $$a9781350348929 001483778 020__ $$a1350348929 001483778 020__ $$a9781350348936 001483778 020__ $$a1350348937 001483778 020__ $$z9781350348912 001483778 020__ $$z1350348910 001483778 0247_ $$a10.5040/9781350348943$$2doi 001483778 040__ $$aNhCcYBP$$cNhCcYBP 001483778 043__ $$ae-sw---$$ae-ur--- 001483778 050_4 $$aTA140.N63$$bJ3613 2023 001483778 08204 $$a947.080922$$223/eng/20231205 001483778 1001_ $$aJangfeldt, Bengt,$$d1948-$$eauthor. 001483778 24010 $$aImmanuel Nobel & söne.$$lEnglish 001483778 24514 $$aThe Nobel Family :$$bSwedish Geniuses in Tsarist Russia /$$cBengt Jangfeldt ; translated from the Swedish by Harry D. Watson. 001483778 250__ $$a1st ed. 001483778 264_1 $$aLondon ;$$aNew York, NY :$$bBloomsbury Academic,$$c2023. 001483778 300__ $$a1 online resource (424 pages) 001483778 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001483778 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001483778 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001483778 347__ $$atext file$$bHTML$$2rdaft 001483778 500__ $$aForeword -- Part 1: 1. Immanuel 2. Immanuel Nobel & Sons 3. Immanuel and Andriette -- Part 2: 4. Ludvig 5. Robert 6. Robert & Ludvig 7. The Nobel Brothers 8. The End of an Epoch -- Part 3: 9. The Third Generation 10. Emanuel 11. The Age of Greatness 12. Welfare and Charity 13. Political Unrest, Economic Growth and War 14. Anno 1917 -- Part 4: Postscript Afterword Family Tree Picture Credits Notes Bibliography Index 001483778 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001483778 5050_ $$aCover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART ONE -- 1 IMMANUEL -- At sea -- Carl XIV Johan's triumphal arch -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts -- The inventor -- Gummi elasticum -- Lars Gabriel von Haartman -- 2 IMMANUEL NOBEL & SONS -- The city on the Neva -- Explosive experiments -- Colonel Ogaryov's and Mr Nobel's licensed mechanical wheel factory and foundry -- Nobel & Sons -- Daily life in St Petersburg -- Roof trusses and window frames -- The Crimean War -- Catastrophe -- 3 IMMANUEL AND ANDRIETTE 001483778 5058_ $$a'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 001483778 5058_ $$aThe Berdanka -- Profi t-sharing and reform of working conditions -- 5 ROBERT -- The Caucasus -- The de Boer Brothers -- Logistical challenges -- A St Petersburg interlude -- Bad Kube -- City of the Winds -- 6 ROBERT AND LUDVIG -- Excise duty -- 'Brilliant results' -- 'Views on the oil industry in Baku and its future' -- Ludvig's programme -- The Nobel brothers' Naphtha Production Company -- The men around Robert -- Robert's last days in Baku -- 7 THE NOBEL BROTHERS -- 'Our works are large and magnificent' -- Villa Petrolea -- The pessimist and the optimist 001483778 5058_ $$aThe 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' 001483778 5058_ $$aThe fateful year of 1896 -- 11 THE AGE OF GREATNESS -- Karl Vassilievitch -- Cream separators and internal combustion engines -- Political unrest -- 'Bloody Sunday' -- Emanuel the politician -- 12 WELFARE AND CHARITY -- The Nobel towns -- The People's House -- Marta -- 'A little Sweden on Russian soil' -- Selma Lagerlöf's visit -- Kirjola -- 13 POLITICAL UNREST, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WAR -- The king and his princes -- Olsen and Hagelin depart -- Economic growth -- New deposits -- World war -- Consumer societies and hospitals -- 14 ANNO 1917 -- The Bolshevik coup -- Civil war -- Exile in Kislovodsk 001483778 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users 001483778 5320_ $$aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. 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