Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy 1945-51

by Alec Cairncross

Years of Recovery was the first comprehensive study of the transition from war to peace in the British economy under the Labour government of 1945-51. It includes a full account of the successive crises and turning-points in those hectic years - the coal and convertibility crises of 1947, devaluation in 1949 and rearmament in 1951. These episodes, apart from their dramatic interest, light up the dilemmas of policy and the underlying economic trends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415852218
• ISBN13: 9780415852210
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"