| The British Industrial Decline Contributor(s): Dintenfass, Michael (Editor), Dormois, Jean-Pierre (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415172314 ISBN-13: 9780415172318 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1998 Annotation: "The British Industrial Decline" collects together a rich spectrum of essays ranging from controversial cultural readings of industrial decline to sophisticated economic explorations. The book delineates the present state of the debate and introduces the new directions in which the debate is now proceeding. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 338.009 |
| LCCN: 98022609 |
| Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.16" W x 9.66" (1.28 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The decline of British Industry in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period is the subject of major concern to economic and modern British historians. This book sets out the present state of the discussion and introduces new directions in which the debate about the British decline is now proceeding: Among other themes, the book examines: * the role of the service sector alongside manufacturing * the distinctiveness of the British regions * the state's role in the British decline including an analysis of its responsibility for the maintenance and modernization of infrastructure * the association of aristocratic values with entrepreneurial vitality * how British historians have discussed success and failure, with a critique of the literature of decline. |