British Shipbuilding and the State since 1918

A Political Economy of Decline

Hugh Murphy author Lewis Johnman author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Liverpool University Press

Published:2nd Jun '02

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Analysis based on records from employers associations, individual shipbuilding yards, central Government, technical societies and the trade press The first national study of the subject A case study in the politics of British industrial decline

Few industries attest to the decline of Britain’s political and economic power as does the near disappearance of British shipbuilding.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 the First World War, 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 is the first to provide an analysis of twentieth-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.

... 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 * South West Maritime History Society *

ISBN: 9780859896078

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320 pages