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Book Synopsis
Few industries attest to the decline of Britain’s political and economic power as does the near disappearance of British shipbuilding.

Trade Review
... This is a book for those who are saddened by the demise of our Shipbuilding Industry... I guarantee you will be ... enlightened.
David Bailey, South West Maritime History Society * South West Maritime History Society *

Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sea Change: The Impact of the Great War and Boom to Bust in the 1920s
  • 2. The Weight of History: The 1930s
  • 3. The Challenge of War
  • 4. The Missed Opportunity
  • 5. Things Begin to Slide
  • 6. Death by Inquiry: Geddes and Jockeying for Position
  • 7. Things Fall Apart
  • 8. Privatised Unto Death
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

British Shipbuilding and the State since 1918 A Political Economy of Decline

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 02/06/2002
      ISBN13: 9780859896061, 978-0859896061
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Few industries attest to the decline of Britain’s political and economic power as does the near disappearance of British shipbuilding.

      Trade Review
      ... This is a book for those who are saddened by the demise of our Shipbuilding Industry... I guarantee you will be ... enlightened.
      David Bailey, South West Maritime History Society * South West Maritime History Society *

      Table of Contents
      • List of Tables
      • List of Plates
      • Acknowledgements
      • List of Abbreviations
      • Introduction
      • 1. Sea Change: The Impact of the Great War and Boom to Bust in the 1920s
      • 2. The Weight of History: The 1930s
      • 3. The Challenge of War
      • 4. The Missed Opportunity
      • 5. Things Begin to Slide
      • 6. Death by Inquiry: Geddes and Jockeying for Position
      • 7. Things Fall Apart
      • 8. Privatised Unto Death
      • Epilogue
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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