A Class Against Itself: Power and the Nationalisation of the British Steel Industry

by Douglas McEachern

Book Overview

This study of the complicated disputes between 1945 and 1970 over the nationalisation of the British steel industry offers original insights into the distribution and exercise of power in a capitalist state. It examines in detail the ways in which the views of different classes and pressure groups in society were reflected in the history of steel nationalisation, and shows that the issue of nationalisation brought out inherent conflicts within the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052113546X
• ISBN13: 9780521135467
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"