Forty Years of Electrical Progress. The story of the GEC
Details:
- Author(s) Whyte, Adam Gowans
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1930
- Pages 166pp; illus
- Publisher Ernest Benn
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Marketing inc brand & product development, distribution, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Commissioned from a writer on electricity and the electrical industry. Largely a narrative history in chronological order with short general chapters on 'Reconstruction' detailing its strategy from 1914 onwards; 'Recent progress'; 'The human side' - staff welfare; 'Publicity and propaganda'; 'The personal factor' - largely about key individuals notably Sir Hugo Hirst. Balance sheet figures for seven selected years, 1901-29, show profit distribution. Another appendix illustrates products