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British industrialists, Steel and hosiery, 1850-1950 /
This 1959 book surveys the changes in the social origins and career patterns of the leaders of two British industries during the previous century.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] :
Cambridge University Press,
2011, ©1959.
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| Colección: | Economic and social studies ;
18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY; I. DEFINITIONS OF THE INDUSTRIES; 2. AREAS OF THE INDUSTRIES COVERED; 3. SOURCES AND METHOD; 4. SELECTION OF MEN; 5. DATES COVERED BY THE STUDY; 6. PROPORTION OF SAMPLES COVERED BY THE STUDY; CHAPTER II SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURERS; I. FATHERS' OCCUPATIONS; (a) The 'bold young men', 1865-1925; (b) 'Upper-class' recruits, 1865-1925; (c) Developments since the First World War; 2. PLACE OF BIRTH; 3. EDUCATION
- 4. MARRIAGES, PEERAGES AND WILLSCHAPTER III CAREERS OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURERS; I. EARLY EXPERIENCE; 2. EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY; 3. EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRM; 4. EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY AND IN FIRM OF PROFESSIONAL MEN; 5. AGE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE; CHAPTER IV SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE NOTTINGHAM HOSIERS; I. THE HOSIERY INDUSTRY ON THE EVE OF THE FACTORY; (a) The middlemen; (b) The merchant hosiers; 2. FATHERS OF FACTORY HOSIERS; (a) The first generation; (b) The hosiers in a period of adversity; (c) The hosiers since the First World War; 3. PLAGE OF BIRTH; 4. EDUCATION; 5. MARRIAGES
- 6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSCHAPTER V CAREERS OF THE HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS; I. EARLY EXPERIENCE; 2. MAJOR EXPERIENCE IN HOSIERY; 3. AGE AND TERM IN OFFICE; CHAPTER VI THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNIQUES IN STEEL-MAKING; I. THE BESSEMER PROCESS; 2. THE OPEN-HEARTH PROCESS; 3. THE MEN; CHAPTER VII HOSIERY INNOVATORS; I. THE OPPONENTS OF CHANGE; 2. THE INNOVATORS; CHAPTER VIII THE PUBLIC COMPANY; I. THE PUBLIC COMPANY AND SOCIAL ORIGINS; 2. THE PUBLIC COMPANY AND CAREER PATTERNS; APPENDIX A SELECTION OF FIRMS; APPENDIX B LIST OF FIRMS INCLUDED IN STEEL STUDY
- APPENDIX C SELECTION OF MEN FOR STEEL STUDYSUMMARY OF MEN 'NOT FOUND'; APPENDIX D THE HOSIERY SAMPLES; MEN OMITTED FROM THE SAMPLES; SUMMARY OF MEN NOT STUDIED; APPENDIX E CLASSIFICATION OF FATHERS' OCCUPATIONS; APPENDIX F NOTES ON COMPARISONS WITH POPULATION CENSUS; APPENDIX G EDUCATION; APPENDIX H MARRIAGES; APPENDIX I CAREERS; APPENDIX J PUBLIC COMPANY TABLES; LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS CITED; I. MANUSCRIPTS; II. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; III. OTHER PRINTED SOURCES; IV. SECONDARY WORKS; I. INDEX OF NAMES; II. INDEX OF COMPANIES; III. GENERAL INDEX
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