State Intervention in Great Britain

Taylor & Francis

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. > The Liberal Scene; Chapter I A Decade of Liberalism; The Mobilization of Industry and Labor; Chapter II \u201CBusiness as Usual\u201D; Chapter III The Need for Manpower: Early Government Action; Chapter IV Dilution of \u201CAristocracy\u201D; 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 \u201CJugular Vein\u201D: Shipping; Chapter XII Cotton; Chapter XIII Agriculture; The Reaction of the Nation; Chapter XIV The Ringing of Bells; Chapter XV The Renewal of Industrial Strife; Chapter XVI The Great Dilution Struggle; Chapter XVII Other Labor Difficulties 1916\u20131918; Chapter XVIII \u20;