Industrial Reorganisation and Government Policy in Interwar Britain

Informationen zum Autor Dr Julian Greaves is Lecturer in Modern History at the School of Historical Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. Klappentext 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 has combined a selection of detailed case studies of selected industries with a broader overview of the national political and industrial situation. The resulting work, which manages to balance analytical depth with breadth of coverage, argues that despite numerous problems and limitations, 1930's industrial reorganisation policy was reasonably successful in meeting the limited aims of the government. Zusammenfassung 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 has combined a selection of detailed case studies of selected industries with a broader overview of the national political and industrial situation. The resulting work! which manages to balance analytical depth with breadth of coverage! argues that despite numerous problems and limitations! 1930s' industrial reorganisation policy was reasonably successful in meeting the limited aims of the government. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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....

Product details

• Authors: Julian Greaves, Greaves Julian
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2005
• EAN: 9780754603559
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0355-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Modern Economic and Social History; Modern Economic and Social His; Modern Economic and Social History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, British Isles, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Central / national / federal government policies, Industry & industrial studies, Central government policies, Industry and industrial studies