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The British Machine Tool Industry, 1850-1914

The British Machine Tool Industry, 1850-1914

by Roderick Floud
Paperback
Publication Date: 20/04/2006
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Machine tools are vital to our industrial, metal-using society. This book is the first history of the British machine-tool industry during an important period of its development, a time when it played a crucial part in the transformation of the British economy. The author discusses the structure of the industry, its performance in international trade, and, through an analysis of the voluminous records of one firm, its efficiency and productivity. This discussion is placed within the wider context of current controversies about the behaviour of the British economy during the 'Great Depression' of the later nineteenth century, and its conclusions do not support pessimistic views of the performance of British industry. The book is also intended as a contribution to the explanation of the process of technological change, a problem of increasing interest to economists and economic historians.
ISBN:
9780521025553
9780521025553
Category:
Industrialisation & industrial history
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20-04-2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
232
Dimensions (mm):
216x140x15mm
Weight:
0.31kg
Roderick Floud

Roderick Floud has been a pioneer of two new kinds of history- using statistics to study the past and the history of human height and health.

The economic history of gardens is his third innovation. He has taught at the universities of Cambridge, London and Stanford, has written or edited over 70 books and articles and is the long-standing editor of the Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain.

He has also led London Metropolitan University and Gresham College London and undertaken many other roles in the university world, such as President of Universities UK, receiving a knighthood for services to higher education.

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