The Coventry Motor Industry

Author : David Thoms
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351730401
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coventry Motor Industry written by David Thoms and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: Coventry is synonymous with both the creation and relative decline of the British motor car industry. This volume utilises 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 analyses 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. Specific chapters deal with the industry’s response to the demands created by the two world wars. A number of themes run throughout the book including the structure of the industry and the relationship between its various sectors, resource provision, management and labour relations, and the nature and response to market demand. The book also provides fascinating insights into the history of some of the most evocative marques in the car industry, including Daimler, Jaguar, Alvis, Siddeley, Standard and Rover.

Author : David Thoms
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135167045X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Motor Car Industry in Coventry Since the 1890's written by David Thoms and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1985, examines the development of the car industry in Coventry within both its local context and the wider economic environment. It is a study of expansion and adjustment which reflects the broader pattern of Britain's industrial history. The book analyses the emergence and early dominance of Coventry's motor manufacturers, the appearance of the volume producers in the 1920s and the instability of the post-war era. The relationship between cars and other sectors of the local economy, particularly cycles, machine tools and aircraft, is discussed, while the significance of the two world wars receive special attention. Extensive use is made of original sources material, much of which, prior to publication, had received little or no attention from business historians.

Author : BARRIE. PRICE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912078899
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book COVENTRY MOTOR INDUSTRY. written by BARRIE. PRICE and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Damien Kimberley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752490419
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coventry's Motorcar Heritage written by Damien Kimberley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-04-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coventry, home of the cycle industry, was also to become the birthplace of the motor industry when the Daimler Company became the first in Britain to mass produce cars in the late 1890s.Spearheaded by H.J. Lawson, Coventry soon became a hub of motoring activity, and by the early 1900s was teaming with small and large companies, testing cars, motor-bicycles and tricycles around the local streets and surrounding country lanes. Many of these companies had previously been established as cycle manufacturers, yet introduced engines to their cycle frames in various forms, as well as producing safer three- and four-wheeled experimental machines. Other companies were established solely as motor manufacturers, many were short-lived, but others would survive and prosper.This new-found industry soon attracted a new type of worker to Coventry, specialised in mechanical engineering. These men and their families came from all parts of the UK and beyond, and made new lives for themselves in the city.Coventry has been home to well in excess of 100 independent motor manufacturers, but in recent years the city has suffered greatly with the loss of huge companied like Jaguar and Peugeot. The legacy of many of these historic cars can, however, still be enjoyed through museums and private collections.This outstanding volume is illustrated with 200 archive photographs and ephemera from the collection held at Coventry Transport Museum, and is a valuable record of the motor companies and their machines, as well as the individuals who both founded and worked for these manufacturers.

Author : Brian Long
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Marques of Coventry written by Brian Long and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : K. Richardson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134903388X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Motor Industry 1896–1939 written by K. Richardson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1977-06-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. A. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351669419
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Relations in the Motor Industry written by H. A. Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1967, takes the automobile industry experience as a basis for a wider view of industrial relations, trends and developments of the 1950s and 60s. The study also analyses the emergence of new institutions and systems of labour-management relationships. It contains chapters on the effects of automotion and technical change, on the impact of fluctuations in the market for cars and on wage trends. There are detailed surveys of some of the biggest post-war disputes and especially of trade union organization, the shop steward system, the experience of individual firms, such as Austin, Ford and Fiat. There is also a comparative survey of labour relationships in other major car manufacturing countries such as the USA, Germany and Japan.

Author : Tom Donnelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905949062
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Labour Relations in the Coventry Motor Industry 1896-1939 written by Tom Donnelly and published by . This book was released on 1990* with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roy A. Church
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521557702
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry written by Roy A. Church and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise 1995 review of the strengths and weaknesses of the British motor industry during the one hundred years since its foundation.

Author : David Thoms
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351885464
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Motor Car and Popular Culture in the Twentieth Century written by David Thoms and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a multidisciplinary analysis of the relationship between the motor car and popular culture in the 20th century, which brings together original essays by academics in the UK, North America and Australia. The contributors write from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including semiotics, social history, literary and film criticism, and musicology. Three main themes are addressed: the car as a cultural image; its impact on leisure and entertainment; and the cultural significance of the processes of manufacturing and selling cars.