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Steel, ships and men : Cammell Laird, 1824-1993 /
The firm of Cammell Laird originated in a boiler works in 1824 before growing and diversifying to become one of a small number of companies worldwide which could build, armour and arm the largest warships from the operations of a single company group. After World War I, it was reconstructed as a nav...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The firm of Cammell Laird originated in a boiler works in 1824 before growing and diversifying to become one of a small number of companies worldwide which could build, armour and arm the largest warships from the operations of a single company group. After World War I, it was reconstructed as a naval and mercantile shipbuilder with important financial interests in steel and rolling stock manufacture. Booming activity in World War II and continuing prosperity until the late 1950s was followed by increasing competition and deepening problems. By the 1980s the firm?s remaining steel interests ha. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846314131 1846314135 9781781380765 1781380767 |