Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; General Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: AN OVERVIEW; 1 Business Organization and the British Economy in the 1920s; 2 Government Policy and the Rationalization of Industry in the 1920s; 3 The Labour Government and the Rationalization of Industry, 1929-31; 4 The National Government and Industry, 1931-9; PART II: CASE STUDIES; 5 The Reorganization of Coal; 6 The Reorganization of Steel; 7 The Reorganization of Cotton; 8 The Reorganization of Shipbuilding