The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888-1923

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-66196-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 415 g

Reihe: Studies in Business History

Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an important, previously overlooked, study into the business of manufacturing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sambrook, Stephen C

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Industry, 1888–99; Chapter 2 The Growth in Importance from the Boer War to 1906; Chapter 3 Expansion and Consolidation, 1907–14; Chapter 4 The Impact of War, August 1914 to mid-1915; Chapter 5 Industrial Mobilization: The Ministry of Munitions and its Relationship with the Industry; Chapter 6 The Industry’s Wartime, 1915–18; Chapter 7 Industrial Demobilization and Implosion, 1919; Chapter 8 Adaption and Survival, 1919–23; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Sambrook, Stephen C