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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454889103321
• 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.

Evelyn Waugh / Malcolm Bradbury

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00349597
• Autore: BRADBURY, Malcom
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh and London, : Oliver and Boyd, 1964
• Descrizione fisica: 120 p. ; 18 cm.
• Disciplina: 820.09
• Soggetti: WAUGH EVELYN
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia