The Coventry Motor Industry
Subtitle: Birth to Renaissance?
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: February 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780754601081
Subjects: History: World; General; Automotive - Industry; Automotive; History; 20th century; Economic history; Local history; Midlands; Road vehicle manufacturing industry; Automobile industry and trade; Coventry; England
Description: "Coventry is synonymous with both the creation and relative decline of the British motor car industry. This volume utilizes the extensive range of primary sources on the subject to explore the relationship between the car industry in its local context and the wider economic, social and political environment. It analyzes the emergence and early dominance of Coventry's motor manufacturers, the rise of volume production in the 1930s, and the instabilities and renaissance of the post-war era."--BOOK JACKET.