This book sets out the present state of the discussion of the decline in British industry and introduces new directions in which the debate is now proceeding.

The place of science and technology in the British economy and society is widely seen as critical to our understanding of the British 'decline'. There is a long

The first synthesis of Britain's long-term economic performance in more than a decade, this book examines why British economic growth has failed to keep pace wi

This book examines the decline of the cotton textiles industry, which defined Britain as an industrial nation, from its peak in the late nineteenth century to t