| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 10 |
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Routledge explorations in economic history ; 10.
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Industries -- Great Britain.
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Industrial policy -- Great Britain.
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Industrial productivity -- Great Britain
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic history -- Regional disparities
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Industrial policy
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Industrial productivity
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Industries
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century -- Regional disparities
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Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Regional disparities
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dormois, Jean-Pierre
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Dintenfass, Michael, 1952-
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| ISBN |
0203268326 |
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9780203268322 |
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0415172314 |
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9780415172318 |
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0203449053 |
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9780203449059 |
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9786610318797 |
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6610318794 |
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9781134692620 |
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1134692625 |
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9781134692576 |
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1134692579 |
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9781134692613 |
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1134692617 |
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9781138868229 |
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1138868221 |
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