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Author Erickson, Charlotte, 1923-2008.

Title British industrialists, Steel and hosiery, 1850-1950 / by Charlotte Erickson
Published Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©1959

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 276 pages) : illustrations
Series National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Economic and social studies ; 18
Economic and social studies ; 18.
Contents 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
PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCHECONOMIC & SOCIAL STUDIES; OCCASIONAL PAPERS; STUDIES IN THE NATIONAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ECONOMIC REVIEW
Summary This 1959 book surveys the changes in the social origins and career patterns of the leaders of two British industries during the previous century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257)
Subject Steel industry and trade -- Great Britain
Hosiery industry -- Great Britain
Businessmen -- Great Britain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Businessmen
Hosiery industry
Steel industry and trade
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139126731
1139126733
9781139106795
1139106791
0521049407
9780521049405
Other Titles Steel and hosiery, 1850-1950