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Informationen zum Autor Alastair J. Reid is a Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge Klappentext This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. Zusammenfassung This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production! the relationship between leaders and members of the industry's key trade union! and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figuresAcknowledgmentsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1. Markets and firms2. Management and labour3. Skills and trade unions4. The impact of machinery: hullbuilders5. The impact of machinery: outfitters6. Conclusions to Part I7. Leadership in the boilermakers' society8. Robert Knight and industrial democracy9. John Hill and the the Clyde unrest10. Conclusions to Part II11. Liberalism and socialism12. Robert Knight and the origins of the Labour Party13. Socialism and liberalism14. John Hill and an independent Labour Party15. Conclusions to Part IIIBibliographyIndex
List of contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Markets and firms
2. Management and labour
3. Skills and trade unions
4. The impact of machinery: hullbuilders
5. The impact of machinery: outfitters
6. Conclusions to Part I
7. Leadership in the boilermakers' society
8. Robert Knight and industrial democracy
9. John Hill and the the Clyde unrest
10. Conclusions to Part II
11. Liberalism and socialism
12. Robert Knight and the origins of the Labour Party
13. Socialism and liberalism
14. John Hill and an independent Labour Party
15. Conclusions to Part III
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Alastair J. Reid is a Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge
Summary
This study of British shipbuilding in its heyday brings together original discussions of the organization of production, the relationship between leaders and members of the industry’s key trade union, and the involvement of that union in wider labour politics. -- .
