British Brewing Industry, 1830-1980
Details:
- Author(s) Gourvish, Terry, & Richard G Wilson
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1994
- Pages 690pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
Topics:
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
- Name Marketing inc brand & product development, distribution, etc
- Name Concentration
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
- Name Education - occupational skills & training
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
- Name Partnership structures
- Name Management practices
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Notes:
Winner of the Wadsworth Prize for Business History, 1994. Scholarly seminal history of brewing and beer selling. Has chapters: 'The Beer Act, 1830-70'; 'Consumption and production'; 'Changes in structure and location, 1830-80'; 'Markets and distribution'; 'Costs, prices and profits'; 'Partnerships, companies and capital, 1830-85'; 'The scramble for property and its aftermath, 1885-1914'; 'Production and consumption, 1914-55'; 'Organisation and management - a 'picturesque dinosaur'?'; 'Sale of beer, 1914-55'; 'Merger mania, 1955-80'; 'Profits, productivity and prices'; 'Technology and retailing'. Has extensive appendices - output, consumption, London output, exports, hop prices, 'chronology of brewing mergers, 1955-80', advertising, etc. Includes much about individual breweries including Allied Breweries; Samuel Allsopp & Sons; Barclay Perkins; Bass; Brewers Society; Bristol Brewery Georges Ltd; Courage Ltd; Greene King; Guinness; Ind Coope; Mitchells & Butlers; Truman Hanbury & Buxton; Watney Combe Reid; Whitbread