The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... coalmining, iron and steel, and possibly general engineering. 4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all-embracing ...
... coalmining, iron and steel, and possibly general engineering. 4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes. A more all-embracing ...
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... coalmining , iron and steel , and possibly general engineering.4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more all - embracing ...
... coalmining , iron and steel , and possibly general engineering.4 Measures of efficiency based upon the productivity of labour are only a partial indicator of the efficiency of a country's productive processes . A more all - embracing ...
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... coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution . By 1830 it accounted for 50-7 per cent of the ...
... coalmining - will suffice to illustrate the nature of the argument . The cotton textile industry had been the most important growth sector in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution . By 1830 it accounted for 50-7 per cent of the ...
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... industry's productive units.53 In 1914 , nearly two - thirds of all the coal produced came from collieries which had been projected before 1875. The fact that they had been sunk in an earlier period of mining technology militated ...
... industry's productive units.53 In 1914 , nearly two - thirds of all the coal produced came from collieries which had been projected before 1875. The fact that they had been sunk in an earlier period of mining technology militated ...
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... coal was still being mined by private companies as late as 1925. The typical colliery undertaking was small scale , privately owned and often supplying only local markets . Several explanations can in fact be advanced for the industry's ...
... coal was still being mined by private companies as late as 1925. The typical colliery undertaking was small scale , privately owned and often supplying only local markets . Several explanations can in fact be advanced for the industry's ...
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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