{"product_id":"will-britain-make-it-richard-morris-9780750999922","title":"Will Britain Make It?: The Rise, Fall and Future of British Industry","description":"This fascinating book explores how some of Britain's leading companies failed, through a variety or mechanisms, against the backdrop of a declining national economy. IICI was for decades Britain's biggest manufacturer and exporter; GEC was Britain's biggest employer; and over half of the cars in the UK were once made by Morris Motors. Courtaulds dominated global cloth production and produced the first manmade fibres; BSA was the world's biggest producer of motorbikes; and de Havilland produced the first jet-engined fighter and passenger plane. But from the 1960s through to the 1990s, these and other illustrious British companies collapsed, taking with them nearly 200 years of industrial pre-eminence, as if Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Toyota, VW and Samsung all buckled overnight. Why? The answers might surprise you. It's not because of the Chinese industrial revolution. Nor did Britain fall from the number one spot; it lost that over 120 years ago. This book explains what happened, and reflects on Britain's wider industrial legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0750999926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780750999922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Morris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070809698559,"sku":"9780750999922","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_658cc932-e261-458e-99f0-467d5a827d4f.jpg?v=1685432459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/will-britain-make-it-richard-morris-9780750999922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}