- Hardcover: 440 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford (6 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198290748
- ISBN-13: 978-0198290742
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.3 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The British Motor Industry, 1945-94
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... interesting and insightful ... a convincing account of the causes of the decline in the UK car industry. (Organization Studies )
Whisler's study is substantial and engaged with the considerable secondary literature on the British motor industry. (Contemporary British History )
This will be a useful work for anyone interested in industrial policy and the dramatically changing post-war economic structure of Britain. (Contemporary Review )
Whisler's study is substantial and engaged with the considerable secondary literature on the British motor industry. (Contemporary British History )
This will be a useful work for anyone interested in industrial policy and the dramatically changing post-war economic structure of Britain. (Contemporary Review )
Contemporary British History
"Whisler's study is substantial and engaged with the considerable secondary literature on the British motor industry."
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In the late 1970s scholars began referring to the decline in British industrial competitiveness during the twentieth century as the 'British disease'.1 Read the first page
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This is essentially an economic and industrial relations analysis of the post-war British motor industry, although it concentrates almost entirely on BMC/BL and its predecessor firms. Rootes/Chrysler, Ford & Vauxhall are detailed to a much lesser extent; smaller companies which also suffered from industrial relations problems and decline such as De Lorean, Lotus and Reliant are ignored entirely. Even the Rolls Royce collapse is missed out.
As a scholarly work, the referencing and justification for all points made are thorough and comprehensive, but there are a number of errors in terms of model details which jar when read from an enthusiast's point of view.
Whisler does not come across as a 'car guy' and the book does not give a substantial treatment of public opinion and attitudes towards the British motor industry, which have clearly been a major part of the decline (witness the current MG Rover debâcle).
I would not say the book is the definitive study of the British motor industry for which we have all been waiting, but as an academic work, it has its merits.
As a scholarly work, the referencing and justification for all points made are thorough and comprehensive, but there are a number of errors in terms of model details which jar when read from an enthusiast's point of view.
Whisler does not come across as a 'car guy' and the book does not give a substantial treatment of public opinion and attitudes towards the British motor industry, which have clearly been a major part of the decline (witness the current MG Rover debâcle).
I would not say the book is the definitive study of the British motor industry for which we have all been waiting, but as an academic work, it has its merits.
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