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Title Crossing the bar : an oral history of the British shipbuilding, ship repairing and marine engine-building industries in the age of decline, 1956-1990 / edited by Anthony Slaven and Hugh Murphy
Published St. John's, Nfld. : International Maritime Economic History Association, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages)
Series Research in maritime history ; no. 51
Research in maritime history ; no. 51.
Summary This book contains an edited collection of sixty interviews with the major players in the British shipbuilding, ship repair and marine engine-building industries, as well as those in government and the civil service responsible for this sector, from the 1960s to the 1980s. The interviews were undertaken in 1991 and 1992
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 24, 2018)
Subject Shipbuilding -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Shipbuilding industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Ships -- Great Britain -- Maintenance and repair
Marine engineering -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Factory management -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Industrial relations -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Competition, International.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Competition, International
Factory management
Industrial relations
Marine engineering
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding industry
Ships -- Maintenance and repair
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Slaven, Anthony, editor
Murphy, Hugh, 1956- editor.
International Maritime Economic History Association, issuing body.
ISBN 9781786948847
1786948842
Other Titles Oral history of the British shipbuilding, ship repairing and marine engine-building industries in the age of decline, 1956-1990