Overview
Few industries attest to the decline of Britain's political and economic power as does the near disappearance of British shipbuilding. On the eve of World War I, British shipbuilding produced more than the rest of the world put together. But by the 1980s, the industry which had dominated world markets and underpinned British maritime power accounted for less than one per cent of world output. Throughout this decline, a remarkable relationship developed between the shipbuilding industry and the Government as both sought to restore the fortunes and dominance of this once great enterprise. This book provides an analysis of 20th-century shipbuilding at the national level. It is based on the full breadth of primary and secondary sources available, blending the records of central Government with those of the Shipbuilding Employers Federation and Shipbuilding Conference, as well as making use of a range of records from individual yards, technical societies and the trade press.
Full Product Details
Author: Lewis Johnman ,
Hugh Murphy
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: University of Exeter Press
Weight: 0.550kg
ISBN: 9780859896078
ISBN 10: 0859896072
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 02 June 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A fascinating analysis of the decline of the industry ... The book is packed with facts and figures, and the authors are to be congratulated on their work, which is a must read for anyone who has been associated with this once great industry. This is a book for those who are saddened by the demise of our Shipbuilding Industry... I guarantee you will be ... enlightened.
A fascinating analysis of the decline of the industry ... The book is packed with facts and figures, and the authors are to be congratulated on their work, which is a must read for anyone who has been associated with this once great industry. Shipping - Today and Yesterday 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
A fascinating analysis of the decline of the industry ... The book is packed with facts and figures, and the authors are to be congratulated on their work, which is a must read for anyone who has been associated with this once great industry. Shipping - Today and Yesterday 200210 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
Author Information
Lewis Johnman is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Westminster and Secretary of the British Commission for Maritime History; his others books include The Suez Crisis (with Anthony Gorst) (Routledge, 1997) and Down the River: Voices from Clydeside Shipbuilding (Argyll, 2001). Hugh Murphy is Senior Caird Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum and a Researcher at the Centre for Business History in Scotland at the University of Glasgow.
