History of GKN. Volume 2, The growth of a business, 1918-1945
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- Author(s) Jones, Edgar
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1990
- Pages 389pp; illus
- Publisher Macmillan
- Place Published Basingstoke
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly history being the second of two volumes. Organised in four parts, viz: 1] 'Steel and coal in South Wales, 1919-39' - GKN and the post war boom. Merger and acquisitions, 1919-23; John Lysaght Ltd, 1857-1945; Coal, rise and fall, 1919-35; Steel and GKN, 1919-39; 2] 'Engineering in the Midlands, 1919-45' - Nettlefolds and the woodscrew trade, 1919-45; Fasteners and forgings, 1918-45; Joseph Sankey & Sons, 1845-1945; Management and organisation of GKN; GKN at war, 1939-45; 3] GKN overseas to 1945 - John Lysaght (Australia) Pty, 1919-45; Guest Keen Williams in India; 4] 'Conclusions and perspective'