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Titolo |
The British industrial decline / / edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Michael Dintenfass |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-69262-5 |
1-280-31879-1 |
0-203-44905-3 |
0-203-26832-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (247 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 10 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DormoisJean-Pierre |
DintenfassMichael <1952-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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