Americanisation and its limits: The reconstruction of Britain’s engineering industries, 1945-1955

Governance, Industry and Labour Markets in Britain and France: The Modernising State in the Midtwentieth Century

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 96-116

  Zeitlin, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 85070589388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203976296-12     Document Type: Chapter

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