The Decline of British Economic Power Since 1870This book was first published in 1981. |
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... UK Money Supply 1968-73. Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962. The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69. The Share of the Largest 100 Firms in UK Manufacturing ...
... UK Money Supply 1968-73. Estimated Industrial Distribution of Research and Development Expenditure 1962. The Increasing Concentration of Net Assets in UK Manufacturing Industry 1957-69. The Share of the Largest 100 Firms in UK Manufacturing ...
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... British industry had gone unchallenged and the future of domestic agriculture seemed assured.1 The period between 1873 and 1896 was one of falling prices and profits, the years of the 'Great Depression' in agriculture, trade and industry ...
... British industry had gone unchallenged and the future of domestic agriculture seemed assured.1 The period between 1873 and 1896 was one of falling prices and profits, the years of the 'Great Depression' in agriculture, trade and industry ...
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... (either in the application of steam power and iron to industrial processes by 1870,15 or in the rise of a mass-production steel industry after that date)16 together with an exogenously determined fall in. 4. THE. DECLINE. OF. BRITISH.
... (either in the application of steam power and iron to industrial processes by 1870,15 or in the rise of a mass-production steel industry after that date)16 together with an exogenously determined fall in. 4. THE. DECLINE. OF. BRITISH.
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... industry.25 It is true that the most recent research has revealed a considerable degree of interest on the part of firms producing high-grade steels in utilising the ... British industrial organisation. THE. BRITISH. ECONOMY. 1870-1913. 7.
... industry.25 It is true that the most recent research has revealed a considerable degree of interest on the part of firms producing high-grade steels in utilising the ... British industrial organisation. THE. BRITISH. ECONOMY. 1870-1913. 7.
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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. By ...
... 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. By ...
Contents
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Growth and Stagnation | 24 |
Recovery on the Dole | 57 |
the Bankrupt State | 82 |
the Political Economy of Failure | 105 |
Statistical Tables | 137 |
Notes | 160 |
Bibliography | 185 |
Index | 201 |
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