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The British Machine Tool Industry, 1850-1914

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The British Machine Tool Industry, 1850-1914
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roderick Floud
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:232
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreIndustrialisation and industrial history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521025553
ClassificationsDewey:338.7621902
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 20 April 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Machine tools are vital to our industrial, metal-using society. This book is the first history of the British machine-tool industry during an important period of its development, a time when it played a crucial part in the transformation of the British economy. The author discusses the structure of the industry, its performance in international trade, and, through an analysis of the voluminous records of one firm, its efficiency and productivity. This discussion is placed within the wider context of current controversies about the behaviour of the British economy during the 'Great Depression' of the later nineteenth century, and its conclusions do not support pessimistic views of the performance of British industry. The book is also intended as a contribution to the explanation of the process of technological change, a problem of increasing interest to economists and economic historians.