Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax. An illustrated history of the Board of Trade, 1786-1986
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- Author(s) Foreman, Susan
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1986
- Pages 153pp; illus
- Publisher HMSO
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Popular, informative account, providing a narrative history and a history of the Board's different functions - railways, underground railway and waterways; industry; merchant shipping, civil aviation; consumer protection and prices. Sections include: 'Board of Trade and commerce'; 'Railways, tubes and waterways'; 'Board of Trade and industry'; 'Board of trade and merchant shipping'; 'Board of Trade and civil aviation'; 'Consumer protection and prices'; 'Board of Trade in World War 1'; 'Board of Trade in World War 2'; 'Postwar years'; 'Board of Trade, 1960-70'; 'After the Board of Trade, 1970-79'. Has chronology, 1621-1985 [pp132-39]