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« La grande histoire a longtemps oublié l’alun, parce qu’il était un personnage discret, comme elle a longtemps négligé de s’intéresser au blé, à l’huile, et en général à tout ce qui est indispensable à la vie quotidienne » déclarait Jean Delumeau au début de la conclusion de son ouvrage L’alun de Rome, paru en 1962. C’est qu’une fois identifiée la place centrale de cette substance pour l’industrie textile, et dans une moindre mesure pour la mégisserie, voire la métallurgie, il était relativement aisé, grâce à une abondante documentation archivistique, d’en retracer les fluctuations économiques et politiques durant les périodes médiévales et modernes.

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This history of Ferranti during the last six years of its long existence provides a detailed exposition of the merger with an American firm that would bring it to its knees. Although only covering six years, this builds on the previous two volumes of the Ferranti history that has outlined how the firm grew into one of the UK's leading defence electronics operations. Having survived a major liquidity crisis in 1974-75, Ferranti recovered robustly under new management, only to flounder under the same leadership as a result of a major foray into the American defence electronics industry. The case-study outlines the inherent dangers in international mergers, as well as the acute problems associated with City and corporate governance practices which resulted in decisions that undermined Ferranti fatally.

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