State Intervention in Great Britain a Study of Economic Control and Social Response, 1914-1919 / / Samuel J. Hurwitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Hurwitz, Samuel J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1949]; ©1949
• Year of Publication: 1949
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 546
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Table of Contents --; Section I. The Liberal Scene --; Chapter I. A Decade of Liberalism --; Section II. The Mobilization of Industry and Labor --; Chapter II. Business as Usual --; Chapter III. The Need for Manpower: Early Government Measures --; Chapter IV. Dilution of "Aristocracy " --; Chapter V. Labor Ordering and Discipline --; Chapter VI. Welfare for Efficiency --; Chapter VII. Wages of War --; Chapter VIII. Women --; Chapter IX. The Materials of War --; Chapter X. Coal --; Chapter XI. The Jugular Vein: Shipping --; Chapter XII. Cotton --; Chapter XIII. Agriculture --; Section III. The Reaction of the Nation --; Chapter XIV. The Ringing of Bells --; Chapter XV. Renewal of Industrial Strife --; Chapter XVI. The Great Dilution Struggle --; Chapter XVII. Other Labor Difficulties, 1916-1918 --; Chapter XVIII "Reconstruction " --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231891240; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/hurw92944
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Samuel J. Hurwitz.

An investigation into the impact of the first World War on the role of government in the economy of Great Britain and its industrial society. Studies the years immediately preceding the war and its aftermath.