History of the Second World War. Civil industry and trade

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Explores production and distribution of goods outside the war economy and of policies including price controls, exports and imports, etc. Structured in two parts 1] 'The first steps in control' - a] 'Commercial policy and import control'; b] 'Commercial policy - exports'; c] 'Price control - the first phase'; d] 'Restrictions on the home market'; 2] 'The period of full control - from spring 1941 to the end of the war' - a] Exports - policy after lend lease'; b] 'Exports - problems of Anglo American co-operation'; c] 'Exports - the final phase'; d] 'Concentration of production'; e] 'Control of factory and storage premises'; f] 'Retail trade' - Structure and early effects of the war / Retail Trade Committee' / 'Retail trade policy, 1942-45' / 'Contribution of retail trade to the war effort'; g] 'The consumer and his needs'; h] 'Consumer rationing'; i] 'The textile industries in wartime' - cotton / rayon / silk / wool'; j] 'The clothing and hosiery industries' - clothing / hosiery; k] 'Clothing policy'; l] 'Civilian footwear'; m] 'Controls over the manufacture and supply of miscellaneous consumer goods'; n] 'Civilian engineering'; o] 'Price controls - evolution of policy'; p] 'Price control - the system in operation, 1942-45'