'Technical education and industry in the nineteenth century' in B Elbaum & W Lazonick (eds), Decline of the British Economy

Details:

Author(s) Wrigley, Julia
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1986
Pages pp162-88
Publisher Clarendon Press
Place Published Oxford

Topics:

Name Education - occupational skills & training
Name Education - general issues
Name Comparative international studies

Countries:

Germany

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:

Considers Britain's traditional education system as a contributing factor to relative economic decline, exploring technical and scientific education available to workers and the broader education available to the middle classes / managers, focusing especially on dyestuffs industry. Has sections: 'Scientific and technical education for workers' / 'State entry into technical education'; 'Failure of the British dye industry'; 'Role of scientists in Germany and Britain'; '