One Hundred Years, 1851-1951
Author: David MacBrayne Company, Ltd
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Published: 1952*
Total Pages: 42
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Author: David MacBrayne Company, Ltd
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Published: 1952*
Total Pages: 42
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Published: 1951
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: E. A. Doyle
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Published: 1951
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip Hamlyn Williams
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Published: 2022-07-28
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1399015184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe peoples of the British Isles gave to the world the foundations on which modern manufacturing economies are built. This is quite an assertion, but history shows that, in the late eighteenth century, a remarkable combination of factors and circumstances combined to give birth to Britain as the first manufacturing nation. Further factors allowed it to remain top manufacturing dog well into the twentieth century while other countries were busy playing catch up. Through two world wars and the surrounding years, British manufacturing remained strong, albeit while ceding the lead to the United States. This book seeks to tell the remarkable story of British manufacturing, using the Great Exhibition of 1851 as a prism. Prince Albert and Sir Henry Cole had conceived an idea of bringing together exhibits from manufacturers across the world to show to its many millions of visitors the pre-eminence of the British. 1851 was not the start, but rather a pause for a bask in glory. This book traces back from the exhibits in Hyde Park’s Crystal Palace to identify the factors that gave rise to this pre-eminence, then follows developments up until the Festival of Britain exactly one century later. Steam power and communication by electric telegraph, both British inventions, predated the Exhibition. After it came the sewing machine and bicycle, motor car and aeroplane, but also electrical power, radio and the chemical and pharmaceutical industries where Britain played a leading part.
Author: Alfred Dupont CHANDLER
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 782
ISBN-13: 0674029380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScale and Scope is Alfred Chandler's first major work since his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Visible Hand. Representing ten years of research into the history of the managerial business system, this book concentrates on patterns of growth and competitiveness in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain, tracing the evolution of large firms into multinational giants and orienting the late twentieth century's most important developments. This edition includes the entire hardcover edition with the exception of the Appendix Tables.
Author: Andrea Geddes Poole
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2010-02-13
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1442698713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetween 1890 and 1939, the groups of men involved in running Britain's four main public art galleries - the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery, the Wallace Collection, and the National Portrait Gallery - were embroiled in continuous power struggles. Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between the galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments. Andrea Geddes Poole uses meticulous primary research from all four of these institutions to discuss changing ideas about class, education, and work during this period. The conflicts between aristocratic trustees and administrative directors were not only about the running of the galleries, but also reflected the era's strain between aristocratic amateurs and nouveau riche professionals. Stewards of the Nation's Art is an absorbing study that explores the extent to which the aristocracy was able to hold on to cultural power in an increasingly professional and meritocratic age.
Author: Willard Centennial Committee
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Published: 1951*
Total Pages: 32
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 1052
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm David Prentis
Publisher: UNSW Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781921410215
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is a highly descriptive account of the Scots in Australia from 1788 to the present. It shows that the Scots have made a major contribution to all aspects of Australian life. It is aimed at non-specialist general readers, although much of the audience will be Scottish."-- Provided by publisher.