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Volume 4: 1914-1946: The Political Economy of Decline

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  • Supple, Barry

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This volume studies the decline of a staple industry at a time of worldwide upheaval caused by war and economic slump. In 1913 British coalmining was at the height of its achievement and prosperity; by 1946 it was an ominous symbol of twentieth-century Britain's inability to adapt to technological and economic change and its social consequences. Written in the light of industrial and government records, this study gives full weight to the political aspects of economic decision-making and economic change. It demonstrates the extent to which the problems of the coal industry were, and still are, deeply rooted in its social, political, and economic history. It is also a classic case study of inflexibility in British industry.

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  • Supple, Barry, 1987. "Volume 4: 1914-1946: The Political Economy of Decline," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198282945.
    • Handle: RePEc:oxp:obooks:9780198282945
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    1. Peter Scott, 2006. "Path dependence, fragmented property rights and the slow diffusion of high throughput technologies in inter-war British coal mining," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(1), pages 20-42.
    2. Robert Millward, 2011. "The Institutional Economic History of Infrastructure Industries, 1830–1990: Ideology, Technology, Geopolitics?," Chapters, in: Matthias Finger & Rolf W. Künneke (ed.), International Handbook of Network Industries, chapter 6, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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