The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the latter context, several observers ...
A factor of major importance in underpinning the charge of failure is the unsatisfactory nature of those arguments based upon the 'inevitability' of retardation in a mature industrial economy. In the latter context, several observers ...
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... of comparatively limited importance in Britain's exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element of plausibility, especially when applied to individual industries (the railways ...
... of comparatively limited importance in Britain's exports of manufactures.22 Like the 'climacteric', the 'early start' thesis is not without an element of plausibility, especially when applied to individual industries (the railways ...
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... British industry arguably precluded the establishment of the direct selling and overseas distributive organisations which were such an important factor in aiding the expansion of German and American manufactured exports after 1880.
... British industry arguably precluded the establishment of the direct selling and overseas distributive organisations which were such an important factor in aiding the expansion of German and American manufactured exports after 1880.
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40 One important study of the mechanical engineering sector has stressed that the great majority of firms reached the third generation of control only after 1914 and the same source has further emphasised that the relative ease of entry ...
40 One important study of the mechanical engineering sector has stressed that the great majority of firms reached the third generation of control only after 1914 and the same source has further emphasised that the relative ease of entry ...
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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 value of total British exports and the figure was still as high as ...
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 value of total British exports and the figure was still as high as ...
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Contents
Growth and Stagnation | |
Recovery on the Dole | |
the Bankrupt State | |
the Political Economy of Failure | |
Statistical Tables | 12 |
Notes | 25 |
Bibliography | 79 |
Index | 1982 |
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