Industrial efficiency and state intervention : Labour, 1939-51 /

Tiratsoo, Nick, 1952,

Industrial efficiency and state intervention : Labour, 1939-51 / Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson. - 1 online resource (213 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-200) and index.

1. British industry, state intervention and Labour politics 1900-39 2. The production crisis, productivity and the rise of the management question, 1941-4 3. Debates and initiatives, 1944-5 4. Early post-war efforts, 1945-7 5. Human relations and productivity, 1947-51 6. The management question again, 1947-51 7. The 'Americanisation' of productivity, 1948-51 8. Evaluation and implications.

9780203991121 9781134881222 9781134881260 9781134881277

10.4324/9780203991121 doi


Industrial productivity--Government policy--History--Great Britain--20th century.

HC260.I52 / T37 1993

338.06 / T596