Productivity and performance in the paper industry
Subtitle: labour, capital, and technology in Britain and America, 1860-1914
By: Gary Bryan Magee.
Series: Cambridge studies in modern economic history ;; 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Paper industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Paper industry -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Paper industry -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Paper industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Industrial productivity -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Industrial productivity -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Industrial productivity -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Industrial productivity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: It is often claimed that the origins of Britain's relative economic decline are first witnessed in the period 1860 to 1914. For the paper-making industry, this was also a period in which an array of important new forces, including the development of new raw materials and the move to ever larger scales of production, came on the scene.

Gary Bryan Magee looks at the effect of these changes and assesses how effectively the industry coped with the new pressures, drawing upon an extensive range of quantitative and archival sources from Britain, America, and other countries. Along the way, Dr. Magee addresses issues central to the understanding of industrial competitiveness, such as technological change, entrepreneurship, productivity, trade policy, and industrial relations.

Historians, economists, scholars of economic history, and anyone with an interest in the paper industry will find this wide-ranging account indispensable.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-284) and index.