The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950

by John Singleton

In this 1995 study of the causes of nationalisation, experts in British industrial history analyse the public ownership debates, and explain how many well-informed and moderate groups came to believe that the public ownership of certain major industries would be economically beneficial. During Attlee's Labour governments of 1945-51 a number of important industries, including coal, electricity, the railways and gas were taken into public ownership,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892562
• ISBN13: 9780521892568
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 6.5"