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Glassmakers. Pilkington. The rise of an international company, 1826-1976

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  • Author(s) Barker, T C
  • Publication type Monograph
  • Year published 1977
  • Pages 557pp; illus
  • Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Place Published London

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  • Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
  • Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
  • Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
  • Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
  • Name Business interest representation & co-operation
  • Name Family & personal capitalism
  • Name Licensing, etc
  • Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact

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Scholarly commissioned history. 'Substantially revised and greatly expanded version of a previous book' - 'Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry', 1960. Based on the firm's extensive archives. Has sections: 'The historical background'; 'An unpromising start'; 'Collapse of a competitor and the struggle for survival' [Eccleston Crown Glassworks]; 'Introduction of a new technique'; 'Growth during a depression'; 'A labour crisis'; 'Removal of British competitors'; 'Competition from Belgium and consolidation at St Helens'; 'Expansion once more'; 'Labour relations and welfare services in the later years of the nineteenth century'; 'Colliery affairs'; '1900-14 - European influences'; '1900-14 - North American influences'; '1900-14 - labour and capital'; 'The First World War'; 'The interwar years - an introductory survey'; 'Forward with plate'; 'Backwards with sheet'; 'Reorganisation in the 1930s'; 'New developments at home and overseas'; 'Labour relations and welfare services, 1918-39'; 'Epilogue, 1939-76'. Includes much about Chance Brothers; James Hartley & Co Ltd of Sunderland; Triplex Safety Glass Co Ltd; St Helens Crown Glass Co; St Helens Colliery Co Ltd; Eccleston Crown Glass Works