'To See How Things Were Done in a Big Way': Swedish Naval Architects in the United States, 1890-1915

摘要

The few Swedish emigrants who achieved significant success in America have attracted some attention from scholars. But while focusing on such notables as John Ericsson and Ernst Alexanderson, historians have neglected the many Swedish engineers who worked in the United States for a few years and then returned home. Their story is worth investigating because these engineers had a great impact on Swedish industry. As the shipbuilder and industrialist Hugo Hammar noted in 1938, "the development of Swedish industrial life since the turn of the century has without doubt been strongly influenced by Swedish-American initiative and go-ahead spirit.