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Strategy and managed decline : London transport 1948-87 / by James Fowler.

Van Pelt Library TF764.L6 F69 2021
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • History.
Physical Description:
vi, 168 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2021.
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
  • Relevance Today
  • Business History
  • Transport History
  • A Brief Overview of the Contents of This Book
  • Theoretical Dilemmas
  • Historical Arguments and Omissions
  • Summary
  • ch. 2 Historical Overview 1948-1987
  • `Goodbye Old Tram': The LTE 1948-1962
  • `A Collection of Placemen and Non-entities': The LTB 1963-1970
  • An Albatross Around the Neck of London's Ratepayers': The LTE (1970-1983)
  • `Nationalisation by the Back Door': LRT (1983-1987)
  • Conclusions
  • ch. 3 Cars, Innovation and Finance
  • Cars and Innovation
  • Finance
  • ch. 4 Decline, Politics and Strategy
  • Decline
  • London Politics
  • Pick and Ashfield's Strategic Legacy
  • Strategy 1948-1973
  • Alternative Strategies 1973-1987
  • Conclusion
  • ch. 5 After Ashneld: The Post-war Chairmen
  • Leadership and the Post-war Chairmen of London Transport
  • The Chairmen 1948-1978
  • The Chairmen 1978-1987
  • The Chairmen in Retrospect
  • ch. 6 Conclusions
  • Explaining the Past
  • Discerning the Future.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
  • 1800431899
  • 9781800431898
OCLC:
1250011648
Publisher Number:
99988390856
Online:
The Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund Home Page

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