British Railways, 1948-1973. A business history
Details:
- Author(s) Gourvish, Terry
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1986
- Pages 781pp; illus
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
- Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work dealing with the history of the British Transport Commission / Railway Executive and of the British Railways Board and their management of the British railway system as a nationalised business. Commissioned by the British Railways Board. Apart from a general chapter on 'Nationalisation', Structured in three parts: 1] 'British Transport Commission and the Railway Executive, 1948-53' - 'Organisation' / 'Investment' / 'Revenue, costs and labour relations'; 2] 'The British Transport Commission, 1953-62' - 'The new railway organisation' / 'Deficits, markets and closures' / 'Wages, unions and productivity' / 'The modernisation plan and investment'; 3] 'The British Railways Board, 1963-73' - 'The 'Beeching Revolution' - organisation and reorganisation' / 'Financial performance and rationalisation' / 'Markets, pricing and commercial strategy' 'Investment, labour relations and productivity'