Steel, Ships and Men. Cammell Laird, 1824-1993

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Scholarly narrative account. Structured in three parts. Part 1: 'Establishment and development of the Cammell Laird enterprise to 1864' - 'Laird shipbuilding to the 1860s'; 'Rewards and problems of headlong growth - the early years of a limited company'; 'Struggles to retain the rail trade'; 'Loss of momentum - Charles Cammell & Co, 1873-1903'; 'Laird Brothers, 1865-1903'; 'Workington, 1883-1909 - a case of better rather than best?'. Part 2: 'Amalgamation, diversification and rationalisation, 1903-39' - 'Multi plant operations and managerial difficulties, 1900-14'; 'Problems of commercial integration - Fairfield's and Coventry Ordnance Works'; 'Birkenhead operations from 1903 to World War 1'; 'World War 1 and the post war boom - the impact on steel of high activity, plant expansion and new technology'; 'Shipbuilding, 1914-19'; 'Economic depression and the steel trade in the 1920s'; Cammell Laird rolling stock'; 'Amalgamation and rationalisation - the formation and early development of ESC'; 'Economic efficiency and social costs - the closure of the Penistone Works'; 'Reconstruction and recovery at ESC, 1932-39'; 'Shipbuilding and the Great Depression and the 1930s'. Part 3: 'Culmination and decline, 1940-93' - 'Steel interests in and after World War 11'; 'Shipbuilding in World War 11 and the post war world'; 'A long rearguard action - Cammell Laird, 1970-93'