1st Edition

Routledge Revivals: Industrial Dislocation (1991) The Case of Global Shipbuilding

By Daniel Todd Copyright 1991
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1991, this book offers a thorough examination of the decline of heavy industry in industrialised countries in the West, which focuses on problems in the shipbuilding industry. Todd argues that three points are central to its demise: industrial life cycles, the international division of labour and the energy crises of 1973. His work begins with despondency in western... Read more

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Climax and Debacle  

2. Shipbuilding as a Stricken Industry  

3. Industrial Reorganisation and the Enterprise 

4. Diversification within the Marine Industries 

5. Conglomerates and Shipbuilding  

6. Inchoate Marine Industries  

7. Conclusions

Notes

References

Glossary

Index

 

Biography

Daniel Todd