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The British industrial decline /

This book sets out the present state of the discussion of the decline in British industry and introduces new directions in which the debate is now proceeding.

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Other Authors: Dormois, Jean-Pierre, Dintenfass, Michael, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Subjects:
Industries > Great Britain.
Industrial policy > Great Britain.
Industrial productivity > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 19th century > Regional disparities.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century > Regional disparities.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0203268326
9780203268322
0415172314
9780415172318
0203449053
9780203449059
9786610318797
6610318794
9781134692620
1134692625
9781134692576
1134692579
9781134692613
1134692617
9781138868229
1138868221
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter INTRODUCTION
  • part Part I THE LITERATURE OF DECLINE
  • chapter 1 CONVERGING ACCOUNTS, MISLEADING METAPHORS AND PERSISTENT DOUBTS
  • Reflections on the historiography of Britain's 'decline' / MICHAEL DINTENFASS
  • chapter 2 1066 AND A WAVE OF GADGETS
  • The achievements of British growth / Deirdre N. McCloskey
  • part Part II ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE
  • chapter 3 INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
  • An international comparison of British performance and policy 1800-1987 / Robert Millward
  • chapter 4 COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH
  • New perspectives on the late Victorian and Edwardian economy / David Greasley
  • chapter 5 FLAGGING OR FAILING? BRITISH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, 1880-1914 / B.W.E. Alford
  • part Part III TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY
  • chapter 6 THE AUDIT OF THE GREAT WAR ON BRITISH TECHNOLOGY / Correlli Barnett
  • chapter 7 THE BALANCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFERS 1870-1914 / James Foreman-Peck
  • chapter 8 Regional vs national perspectives on economic 'decline' in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain / W.R. Garside
  • part Part IV INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE
  • chapter 9 Education and economic decline 1870-1914
  • An innocent suspect? / Michael Sanderson
  • chapter 10 THE VOICE OF INDUSTRY AND THE ETHOS OF DECLINE
  • Business citizenship, public service and the making of a British industrial élite / Michael Dintenfass
  • chapter 11 THE CITY OF LONDON, 1880-1914
  • Tradition and innovation / Peter Cain
  • part Part V A FRENCH PERSPECTIVE ON THE BRITISH DECLINE
  • chapter 12 FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIAL RETARDATION DURING THE BELLE EPOQUE / Jean-Pierre Dormois.

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