British Shipbuilding and the State Since 1918: A Political Economy of Decline

by Lewis Johnman and Hugh Murphy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859896072
• ISBN13: 9780859896078
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 320 Pages