Will Britain make it? : the rise, fall and future of British industry
Morris, Richard, 1962-2022
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This fascinating title explores how some of Britain's leading companies failed, through a variety of mechanisms, against the backdrop of a declining national economy. IICI was for decades Britain's biggest manufacturer and exporter; GEC was Britain's biggest employer; and over half of the cars in the UK were once made by Morris Motors. Courtaulds dominated global cloth production and produced the first manmade fibres; BSA was the world's biggest producer of motorbikes; and de Havilland produced the first jet-engined fighter and passenger plane. But from the 1960s through to the 1990s, these and other illustrious British companies collapsed, taking with them nearly 200 years of industrial pre-eminence, as if Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Toyota, VW and Samsung all buckled overnight. Why? The answers might surprise you.
Main title:
Will Britain make it? : the rise, fall and future of British industry / Richard Morris.
Author:
Morris, Richard, 1962-, author
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2022.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750999922 (hbk)
Dewey class:
330.9410856330.941
LC class:
HC256.6
Local class:
330.941
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3200077
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