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Engineers, Managers and Politicians

Electricity Supply Industry in Britain from 1948 to the Present

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. Leslie Hannah

    1. London School of Economics, UK

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 1-4

  3. Nationalisation: The Problems of Transition (1947–9)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Citrine’s Way

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 7-22

    3. Meeting the Capacity Crisis

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 23-28

    4. Half-Price Electricity?

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 29-38

  4. Recovery and Development (1948–57)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Ministers and Mandarins

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 41-59

    3. System Expansion: The Area Boards

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 60-75

    4. Commercial Development: Pricing for Growth

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 76-93

    5. Generation: Centralisation and Conservatism (1948–53)

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 94-110

    6. Generation: The Brown Revolution (1954–7)

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 111-122

    7. Labour Management under Public Ownership

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 123-138

    8. Retrospect: Citrine, Self and the Management of Change

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 139-148

    9. The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (1943–60)

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 149-157

  5. The Conservative Counter-Revolution (1954–7)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Devolving Power

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 161-167

    3. Coal, Oil and Nuclear Escalation

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 168-182

    4. The New Men

      • Leslie Hannah
      Pages 183-190

  6. The Boom Years (1958–62)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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Authors and Affiliations

  • London School of Economics, UK

    Leslie Hannah

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Engineers, Managers and Politicians

  • Book Subtitle: Electricity Supply Industry in Britain from 1948 to the Present

  • Authors: Leslie Hannah

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03446-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03446-8Published: 18 June 1982

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 336

  • Topics: Industries

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