Rise and fall of British shipbuilding / Anthony Burton.
By: Burton, Anthony
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.47623820941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010030 |
Originally published in 1994 and now available in paperback, an account of the successful development of the British shipbuilding industry and navy, followed by discussion of its disintegration and collapse over the past twenty years through its failure to adapt and meet modern requirements.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-257) and index.
Bibliography: (pages 258-264).
Rule Britannia -- The wooden ship -- Trade, industry and science -- The steam age -- New men, new ways -- The works and the workers -- The steam navy -- A golden age -- Depression -- The long decline -- The last chance.