British Industrialists

Steel and Hosiery 1850–1950

Charlotte Erickson

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780521349482
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139118248
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic History
• Index: Economics

Originally published in 1959, this book surveys the changes in the social origins and career patterns of the leaders of two British industries during the previous century. The biographies of about 1000 managing partners and executive directors from the hosiery industry are pieced together from a variety of sources. Changes in social origins and career patterns are analysed and comparisons made between the leaders of these two very different industries in an attempt to isolate the influence of industry's size and capital requirements on management recruitment. Where possible, comparisons are also made with various studies of American industrial leaders and with other investigations of British industrialists. The book attempts to provide an empirical basis for generalisations about British industrial leadership during the century in which her role in world manufacturing was transformed from that of quasi-monopolist to one of competitor with many other countries.

Table of contents

• Cover
• THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF TABLES
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER I SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY
• CHAPTER II SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURERS
• CHAPTER III CAREERS OF THE STEEL MANUFACTURERS
• CHAPTER IV SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE NOTTINGHAM HOSIERS
• CHAPTER V CAREERS OF THE HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS
• CHAPTER VI THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TECHNIQUES IN STEEL-MAKING
• CHAPTER VII HOSIERY INNOVATORS
• CHAPTER VIII THE PUBLIC COMPANY
• APPENDIX A SELECTION OF FIRMS
• APPENDIX B LIST OF FIRMS INCLUDED IN STEEL STUDY
• APPENDIX C SELECTION OF MEN FOR STEEL STUDY
• APPENDIX D THE HOSIERY SAMPLES
• APPENDIX E CLASSIFICATION OF FATHERS’ OCCUPATIONS
• APPENDIX F NOTES ON COMPARISONS WITH POPULATION CENSUS
• APPENDIX G EDUCATION
• APPENDIX H MARRIAGES
• APPENDIX I CAREERS
• APPENDIX J PUBLIC COMPANY TABLES
• LIST OF PRINCIPAL WORKS CITED
• I. INDEX OF NAMES
• II. INDEX OF COMPANIES
• III. GENERAL INDEX
• PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH