The British Industrial Decline

The decline of British industry in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period is the subject of major concern to economic and modern British historians. The British Industrial Decline collects together a rich spectrum of essays from a broad array of perspectives ranging from controversial cultural readings of industrial decline to sophisticated economic explorations. The book sets out the present state of the debate and introduces the new directions in which the debate about the British decline is now proceeding.
Among other themes, The British Industrial Decline examines:
* the role of the service sector alongside manufacturing
* the distinctiveness of the British regions
* the states role in the British decline including an analysis of its responsibility for the maintenance and modernization of infrastructure
* the association of aristocratic values with entrepreneurial vitality
* how British historians have discussed success and failure, with a critique of the literature of decline.
The British Industrial Decline is an up-to-date, multi-perspective introduction to this crucial, widely debated topic.

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Table of contents : Preface Introduction The Literature of Decline 1. Converging Accounts, Misleading Metaphors, and Persistent Doubts: Reflections on the Historiography of Britain's "Decline" Michael Dintenfass 2. 1066 and a Wave of Gadgets: The Achievements of British Growth Donald N. McCloskeyEconomic Growth and Performance 3. Industrial Performance, the Infrastructure and Government Policy Robert Millward 4. Competitiveness and Growth: New Perspectives on the Late-Victorian and Edwardian Economy David Greasley and Les Oxley 5. Flagging or Failing: British Economic Performance, 1880-1914 B.W.E. AlfordTechnology and Industry 6. The Audit of the Great War on British Technology Correlli Barnett 7. The Balance of Technological Transfers 1870-1914 James Foreman-Peck 8. Regional vs. National Perspectives on Economic "Decline" in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain W.R. GarsideInstitutions and Culture 9. Education and Economic Decline 1870-1914: An Innocent Suspect? Michael Sanderson 10. The Voice of Industry and the Ethos of Decline: Industrial Citizenship, Public Service, the Making of a British Industrial Elite Michael Dintenfass 11. The City of London, 1880-1914: Tradition and Innovation Peter CainA French Perspective on the British 'Decline' 12. France's Experience of Industrial Retardation During the Belle Epoque Jean-Pierre Dormois

Contributor Information :Bernard Alford, University of Bristol, UK; Correlli Barnett; Peter Cain, Sheffield Hallam University, UK; Michael Dintenfass, University of Wisconsin, USA; James Foreman-Peck, St Antony's College, Oxford, UK; William Redvers Garside, University of Birmingham, UK; David Greasley, University of Edinburgh, UK; D.N. McCloskey, University of Iowa, USA; Robert Millward, University of Manchester, UK; Michael Sanderson, University of East Anglia, UK; Barry Supple, Leverhulme Trust, London, UK