The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... American economies were industrialising on the basis of more sophisticated technology and forms of industrial organisation. By 1913 they were relatively diversified, encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the ...
... American economies were industrialising on the basis of more sophisticated technology and forms of industrial organisation. By 1913 they were relatively diversified, encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the ...
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... American competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report lamented, techniques of salesmanship were crude ...
... American competitors, British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities: few commercial travellers were employed and, as many a consular report lamented, techniques of salesmanship were crude ...
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... America and Asia , and coalmining , textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings . It is this ' bias ' towards the staple industries which has led some economic historians to conclude ...
... America and Asia , and coalmining , textiles and iron and steel alone contributed over 70 per cent of the country's export earnings . It is this ' bias ' towards the staple industries which has led some economic historians to conclude ...
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... American economies were industrialising on the basis of more sophisticated technology and forms of industrial organisation . By 1913 they were relatively diversified , encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the ...
... American economies were industrialising on the basis of more sophisticated technology and forms of industrial organisation . By 1913 they were relatively diversified , encompassing most of the traditional staple industries and also the ...
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... American competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report lamented , techniques of salesmanship were ...
... American competitors , British firms were generally too small to offer attractive and competitive credit facilities : few commercial travellers were employed and , as many a consular report lamented , techniques of salesmanship were ...
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2nd series American Bacon and Eltis balance of payments Bank of England Bank Review Blackaby boom Bretton Woods Britain Britain's Economic Prospects British economy British industry British Overseas Business History Cambridge capital cent competition considerable cost cotton country's currency D. H. Aldcroft De-industrialisation decline deficit depression dollar economic growth Economic History Review Economic Journal Economic Policy empire employment Europe European exchange expenditure exports factors favour foreign Germany gold standard Howson ibid Imperial Preference important income increased inflation international economy J. M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes Keynes lend-lease Lloyds Bank loan London manufacturing industry million Moggridge multilateral National organisation output Oxford political position postwar prewar problem protectionism rate of growth recovery reduction reproduced by permission return to gold Richardson rise role Second Labour Government sector Skidelsky staple industries Sterling Area structure Table reproduced tariff trade union Treasury United Kingdom