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The British industrial decline
Title
The British industrial decline / edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Michael Dintenfass.
ISBN
0203268326
0203449053
0415172314
1134692579
1134692617
1134692625
1138868221
6610318794
9780203268322
9780203449059
9780415172318
9781134692576
9781134692613
9781134692620
9781138868229
9786610318797
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: British industrial decline. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 10
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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