The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888–1923

Stephen C Sambrook

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English

Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
01 June 2013

Industrialisation & industrial history; Economic history; Armaments industries

Series: Studies in Business History

Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an important, previously overlooked, study into the business of manufacturing.

By: Stephen C Sambrook
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 5
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 521g
ISBN: 9781848933125
ISBN 10: 1848933126
Series: Studies in Business History
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 June 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Emergence of the Industry, 1888–99; Chapter 2 The Growth in Importance from the Boer War to 1906; Chapter 3 Expansion and Consolidation, 1907–14; Chapter 4 The Impact of War, August 1914 to mid-1915; Chapter 5 Industrial Mobilization: The Ministry of Munitions and its Relationship with the Industry; Chapter 6 The Industry’s Wartime, 1915–18; Chapter 7 Industrial Demobilization and Implosion, 1919; Chapter 8 Adaption and Survival, 1919–23; Chapter 9 Conclusion;

Sambrook, Stephen C

Reviews for The Optical Munitions Industry in Great Britain, 1888–1923

'Historians of technology, business and war will all find interesting lessons in this book ... [a] meticulously researched and well-written account of Britain's optical munitions industry.' Technology and Culture