THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY by Roy A. Church, Maurice Kirby ( 9780521557702 )

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THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY

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Roy A. Church, Maurice Kirby

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0521557704

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

14 September, 1995

Series:

New Studies in Economic and Social History No. 24

Pages:

156

Description:

A concise 1995 review of the strengths and weaknesses of the British motor industry during the one hundred years since its foundation.

Synopsis:

The decline of the British motor industry is one of the most spectacular developments in Britain's economic history. Conflicting explanations have been offered by scholars from different disciplines to produce a complex debate, which this 1995 study attempts to unravel. Placing the industry firmly in a European context, Roy Church re-examines the critical assessment of the achievements of the industry both before and after the onset of its decline in the 1960s, and goes on to test the various explanations which have been offered to account for this decline. He examines the role of government, of the trade unions, of management and of the multinationals, each of which has been seen as a major player in the demise of the British-owned industry. This concise and lucid review of the debate will be invaluable to students of modern British and European economic history.

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