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Armstrongs of Elswick

Growth In Engineering And Armaments To The Merger With Vickers

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Kenneth Warren

    1. Jesus College, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Business History (STBH)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: British Industrial Decline and the Armament Trade

    1. Introduction: British Industrial Decline and the Armament Trade

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 1-6

  3. The Establishment, Expansion and Diversification of Armstrongs, 1847–85

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Foundation of Elswick Works and its Entry to the Armament Business

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 9-17

    3. A Managerial Team

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 18-20

    4. Beginnings in Shipbuilding

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 21-25

    5. Integration to the Mid-1880s

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 26-31

    6. The Organisation of the Armstrong Company: the Role of Andrew Noble

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 32-41

  4. Integration, Organisational Problems and New Competitors, 1885–1905

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. The Emergence of Vickers

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 45-53

    3. Acquisition and Integration: The Transformation of the Armament Trade, 1896–1904

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 54-63

    4. Elswick Leadership, 1895–1903

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 64-68

    5. Problems of an Early Multinational: the Origins of Armstrongs’ Italian Venture

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 69-80

    6. Pozzuoli, 1890–1905

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 81-85

  5. Difficulties and Adjustments, 1905–14

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. Organisation and Efficiency in Complex and Multiplant Operations

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 89-95

    3. Managerial Skills: Armstrongs and Vickers

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 96-101

    4. A New ‘Complete’ Armament Firm: Beardmores of Parkhead

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 102-108

    5. Armstrongs and Beardmores

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 109-121

    6. Italian Business, 1905–14

      • Kenneth Warren
      Pages 122-127
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About this book

Armstrong, the engineers, armament makers and naval shipbuilders was set up in 1847 by William Armstrong at Elswick, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. This book analyzes Armstrong's 80 years rise, decline and reorganization, treating it, in some ways, as a case study of British industrial malaise.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Jesus College, Oxford, UK

    Kenneth Warren

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Armstrongs of Elswick

  • Book Subtitle: Growth In Engineering And Armaments To The Merger With Vickers

  • Authors: Kenneth Warren

  • Series Title: Studies in Business History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10994-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Kenneth Warren 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-49759-3Published: 10 December 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-10994-4Published: 11 December 1989

  • Series ISSN: 2947-1125

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-1133

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 288

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Industries, Military and Defence Studies, Social History

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