State Intervention in Great Britain: Study of Economic Control and Social Response, 1914-1919

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Routledge, Oct 15, 2013 - Political Science - 332 pages
First Published in 1968. This is a study of the impact of the First WorId War on the role of government in the economy of a country which was the prototype of modern industrial society and focuses on the economic control and social response during 1914 to 1919.
 

Contents

A Decade of Liberalism
The Mobilization of Industry and Labor
Business as Usual
Early Government Action
Dilution of Aristocracy
Labor Ordering and Discipline
Welfare for Efficiency
Wages of
Shipping
Cotton
Agriculture
The Reaction of the Nation
The Ringing of Bells
The Renewal of Industrial Strife
The Great Dilution Struggle
Other Labor Difficulties 19161918

Women
The Materials of
Coal
Reconstruction
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Samuel J. Hurwitz

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