T. R. Gourvish

British Railways 1948 73

A Business History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1986, this is a business history of the first twenty-five years of nationalised railways in Britain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 844
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 1499g
• ISBN-13: 9780521264808
• ISBN-10: 0521264804
• Artikelnr.: 26683829

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations; List of charts, figures and maps; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chronology; 1. Introduction: nationalisation; Part I. the British Transport Commission and the Railway Executive, 1948
53: 2. Organisation; 3. Investment; 4. Revenue costs and labour relations; Part II. The British Transport Commission 1953
62: 5. The new railway organisation; 6. Deficits, markets and closures; 7. Wages, unions and productivity; 8. The Modernisation Plan and investment; Part III. The British Railways board, 1963
73: 9. The 'Beeching Revolution': organisation and reorganisation; 10. Financial performance and rationalisation; 11. Markets, pricing and commercial strategy; 12. Investment, labour relations and productivity; 13. Conclusion; Part IV. Statistical Appendices; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.