History of Work and Labour Relations in the Royal Dockyards

Book excerpt: Presents nine essays that grew from an original study of the political economy of Portsmith at the beginning of the 20th century and spread to comparative studies of other Royal Dockyards in Britain, centers of building, repairing, and maintaining ships. They look at forms of employment, the changing nature of industrial relations over the centuries, and the impact of the rundown of the yards after World War II. Arrangement is chronological in order to trace the major changes in the mediating processes between the authorities and the workers. Distributed by Continuum. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR