Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom: A History of the British Shipbuilders Corporation

by Hugh Murphy

Book Overview

Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom provides a systematic historical account of the British Shipbuilders Corporation, first looking at this major industry under private enterprise, then under state control, and finally back in private hands.

The chapters trace the evolution of public policy regarding shipbuilding, ship repair, and large marine engine building through the tenures of radically different Labour and Conservative governments,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036768702X
• ISBN13: 9780367687021
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"