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catalog abstract ""The decline of British industry in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period is a subject of major concern to economic and modern British historians. The British Industrial Decline collects together a rich spectrum of essays from a broad array of perspectives, ranging from controversial cultural readings of industrial decline to sophisticated economic explorations. The book sets out the present state of discussion and introduces the new directions in which the debate about the British decline is now proceeding."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b11013542.
catalog contributor b11013543.
catalog coverage "Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century Regional disparities.".
catalog coverage "Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century Regional disparities.".
catalog created "1999.".
catalog date "1999".
catalog date "1999.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
catalog description ""The decline of British industry in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period is a subject of major concern to economic and modern British historians. The British Industrial Decline collects together a rich spectrum of essays from a broad array of perspectives, ranging from controversial cultural readings of industrial decline to sophisticated economic explorations. The book sets out the present state of discussion and introduces the new directions in which the debate about the British decline is now proceeding."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Foreword by Barry Supple -- PART I The literature of decline -- 1. Converging accounts, misleading metaphors and persistent doubts : reflections on the historiography of Britain's 'decline' / MICHAEL DINTENFASS -- 2. 1066 and a wave of gadgets : the achievements of British growth / DEIRDRE N. MCCLOSKEY -- PART II Economic growth and performance -- 3. Industrial performance, the infrastructure and government policy / ROBERT MILLWARD -- 4. Competitiveness and growth : new perspectives on the late Victorian and Edwardian economy / DAVID GREASLEY AND LES OXLEY -- 5. Flagging or failing? British economic performance, 1880-1914 / B.W.E. ALFORD -- CONTENTS -- PART III Technology and industry -- 6. The audit of the Great War on British technology / CORRELLI BARNETT -- 7. The balance of technological transfers I 870-1914 / JAMES FOREMAN-PECK -- 8. Regional Vs national perspectives on economic 'decline' in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain / W.R. GARSIDE -- PART IV Institutions and culture -- 9. Education and economic decline 1870-1914 : an innocent suspect? / MICHAEL SANDERSON -- 10. The voice of industry and the ethos of decline : business citizenship, public service and the making of a British industrial elite / MICHAEL DINTENFASS -- 11. The City of London, 1880-1914 : tradition and innovation / PETER CAIN -- PART V A French perspective on the British 'decline' -- 12. France's experience of industrial retardation during the Belle Epoque / JEAN-PIERRE DORMOIS.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog extent "xii, 234 p. :".
catalog identifier "0415172314".
catalog isPartOf "Routledge explorations in economic history ; 10".
catalog issued "1999".
catalog issued "1999.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
catalog spatial "Great Britain Economic conditions 19th century Regional disparities.".
catalog spatial "Great Britain Economic conditions 20th century Regional disparities.".
catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
catalog subject "338/.00941 21".
catalog subject "HC260.I52 B753 1999".
catalog subject "Industrial policy Great Britain.".
catalog subject "Industrial productivity Great Britain.".
catalog subject "Industries Great Britain.".
catalog tableOfContents "Foreword by Barry Supple -- PART I The literature of decline -- 1. Converging accounts, misleading metaphors and persistent doubts : reflections on the historiography of Britain's 'decline' / MICHAEL DINTENFASS -- 2. 1066 and a wave of gadgets : the achievements of British growth / DEIRDRE N. MCCLOSKEY -- PART II Economic growth and performance -- 3. Industrial performance, the infrastructure and government policy / ROBERT MILLWARD -- 4. Competitiveness and growth : new perspectives on the late Victorian and Edwardian economy / DAVID GREASLEY AND LES OXLEY -- 5. Flagging or failing? British economic performance, 1880-1914 / B.W.E. ALFORD -- CONTENTS -- PART III Technology and industry -- 6. The audit of the Great War on British technology / CORRELLI BARNETT -- 7. The balance of technological transfers I 870-1914 / JAMES FOREMAN-PECK -- 8. Regional Vs national perspectives on economic 'decline' in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain / W.R. GARSIDE -- PART IV Institutions and culture -- 9. Education and economic decline 1870-1914 : an innocent suspect? / MICHAEL SANDERSON -- 10. The voice of industry and the ethos of decline : business citizenship, public service and the making of a British industrial elite / MICHAEL DINTENFASS -- 11. The City of London, 1880-1914 : tradition and innovation / PETER CAIN -- PART V A French perspective on the British 'decline' -- 12. France's experience of industrial retardation during the Belle Epoque / JEAN-PIERRE DORMOIS.".
catalog title "The British industrial decline / edited by Jean-Pierre Dormois and Michael Dintenfass.".
catalog type "text".