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Exeter Maritime Studies : A Political Economy of Decline - Hugh Murphy

Exeter Maritime Studies

A Political Economy of Decline

By: Hugh Murphy, Lewis Johnman

Paperback | 2 June 2002

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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.
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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.

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