1st Edition
Industrial Reorganization and Government Policy in Interwar Britain
By Julian Greaves
Copyright 2005
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering a detailed overview of state involvement in the rationalisation and reorganisation of British industry between the wars, this is the first work to address the issues in a comprehensive manner for over 50 years. Utilising a range of primary source material (including papers from the PRO, the Bank of England, the Federation of British Industry and various private archives), Julian Greaves... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part I An Overview: Business organization and the British economy in the 1920s; Government policy and the rationalization of industry in the 1920s; The Labour government and the rationalization of industry, 1929-31; The National government and industry, 1931-39. Part II Case Studies: The reorganization of coal; The reorganization of steel; The reorganization of cotton; The reorganization of shipbuilding; Conclusion. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Dr Julian Greaves is Lecturer in Modern History at the School of Historical Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.
