The British Motor Industry
Seiten
2010
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0768-1 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0768-1 (ISBN)
Offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle and cotton industries into oblivion. This book chronicles the 109-year life of The Rover Group from its production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many.
Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the native British industry survived until the collapse of The Rover Group in 2005. Jonathan Wood chronicles its 109-year life, from its production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many. He looks at the factories and the people who worked in them, and examines the role played by the component manufacturers that serviced the industry. Wood offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle and cotton industries into oblivion.
Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the native British industry survived until the collapse of The Rover Group in 2005. Jonathan Wood chronicles its 109-year life, from its production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many. He looks at the factories and the people who worked in them, and examines the role played by the component manufacturers that serviced the industry. Wood offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle and cotton industries into oblivion.
Award-winning author Jonathan Wood's 'Wheels of Misfortune The Rise and Fall of the British Motor Industry', (1988) received accolades in Britain and America. In 2006 he presented the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Sir Henry Royce Memorial Lecture on Sir Alec Issigonis, creator of the Morris Minor and the Mini.
Birth of an Industry, 1896–1914 /Morris Leads the Way, 1918–29 /March of the Big Battalions, 1930–45 /Cars for World Markets, 1945–58 /Boom then Bust, 1959–74 /Epilogue: 1975 to Date /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.5.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
Zusatzinfo | 1 col |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 176 g |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7478-0768-X / 074780768X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7478-0768-1 / 9780747807681 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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