History of the Second World War. Coal
Details:
- Author(s) Court, W H B
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1976
- Pages 2nd ed; 427pp
- Publisher HMSO
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
First published 1951. Narrative account of the role of coal extraction in the Second World War period dealing with strategic, production, labour, control, etc, issues. The sections are: 1] 'Before the war'- 'coal industry between the wars'/ 'plans for wartime production and distribution of coal'; 2] 'The first impact' - 'transition to war'/ 'coal industry and the battle of France'/ 'A stock and transport crisis,1940-41'; 3] 'Growth of the coal question' - 'falling output and its causes'/ 'maintaining production'/ 'controlling consumption'/ 'intervention of the War Cabinet'/ 'control of prices and costs'; 4] 'Central development of coal' - 'the new control'/ 'the work of the Greene Board'/ 'critics of control'/ 'the Porter Award and the National Wages Agreement'; 5] 'The production problem' - 'questions of technique and management'/ 'the mineworker 1'/ 'the mineworker II'/ 'finances of the coal industry'/ 'problems of consumption and distribution'