Britain's Prime and Britain's Decline. The British economy, 1870-1914

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Scholarly work comprising four self contained essays which explore aspects of British economic and industrial decline. The essays are: Part 1] 'Economic growth and the varied industrial scene' - 'Macroeconomic growth patterns'; 'Overall industrial growth rates'; 'Individual industries - engineering and shipbuilding, mining and metallurgy, chemicals and glass, textiles and clothing, other industries, building and public utilities'; 'Causes and common features of the declining performance'; Part 2] 'The export of capital' - 'Size and structure of foreign investment'; 'Preliminary theoretical considerations'; 'The risk factor'; 'Capital divisibility and dynamics'; 'Full employment'; 'Costs of capital transfer'; 'Terms of trade'; 'The bias of the capital market'; 'Taxation and capital exports'; 'Sectors of the capital export market'; 'Capital exports and the balance of payments'; 'Conclusion'; Part 3] 'Education, science and technology' - 'The critique of contemporaries'; 'Science in the Industrial Revolution'; 'Science, education and industrial progress'; 'German education and science research'; 'British science, education and research'; 'The adequacy of the British provision'; 'Conclusion'; Part 4] 'Role of the state' - 'Assumptions in Britain and abroad'; 'Political power and economic policy to 1870'; 'Class and power, 1870-1914'; 'Policies on industry, 1870-1914 ; 'Some general conclusions'; Part 5] 'Some conclusions - maturity or senescence'