1st Edition

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom A History of the British Shipbuilders Corporation

By Hugh Murphy Copyright 2021
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands. The chapters trace the evolution of public policy regarding shipbuilding, ship repair, and large marine engine building through the tenures of... Read more

Introduction

1. British shipbuilding under the Labour government, 1966–70

2. British shipbuilding under the Conservative government, 1970–74

3. The long road to nationalisation of shipbuilding under two Labour governments, 1974–77

4. British Shipbuilders: the first two years under a Labour government

5. British Shipbuilders under the Conservative government, 1979–83

6. Privatisation of British Shipbuilders under two Conservative governments, 1983–90

Conclusions
Epilogue

Biography

Hugh Murphy is Honorary Professor in the Department of Economic and Social History, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is also Visiting Reader in Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums, Greenwich.