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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454889103321

Titolo

The British industrial decline / / edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Michael Dintenfass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-69262-5

1-280-31879-1

0-203-44905-3

0-203-26832-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 10

Altri autori (Persone)

DormoisJean-Pierre

DintenfassMichael <1952->

Disciplina

338/.00941

Soggetti

Industries - Great Britain

Industrial policy - Great Britain

Industrial productivity - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century Regional disparities

Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century Regional disparities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Foreword by; Introduction; The literature of decline; Converging accounts, misleading metaphors and persistent doubts: reflections on the historiography of Britain's 'decline'; 1066 and a wave of gadgets: the achievements of British growth; Economic growth and performance; Industrial performance, the infrastructure and government policy; Competitiveness and growth: new perspectives on the late Victorian and Edwardian economy; Flagging or failing? British economic performance, 1880  1914; Technology and industry

The audit of the Great War on British technologyThe balance of technological transfers 1870  1914; Regional vs national perspectives on economic 'decline' in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain; Institutions and culture; Education and economic decline 1870  1914: an innocent suspect?; The voice of industry and the ethos of decline:



business citizenship, public service and the making of a British industrial elite; The City of London, 1880  1914: tradition and innovation; A French perspective on the British 'decline'; France's experience of industrial retardation during the Belle Epoque

Index of names

Sommario/riassunto

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.