TY - BOOK ID - 78672974 TI - British industrialists : steel and hosiery, 1850-1950 AU - Erickson, Charlotte AU - National Institute of Economic and Social Research. PY - 2011 SN - 9781139126731 1139126733 9781139106795 1139106791 0521049407 9780521049405 9780521049405 9781139113908 9780521349482 1107222508 1280776048 1139121812 9786613686435 1139113909 113911171X 113911607X 0521349486 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Steel industry and trade KW - Hosiery industry KW - Businessmen KW - Clothing trade KW - Knit goods industry KW - Ferrous metal industries KW - Metal trade KW - Iron industry and trade KW - Business men KW - Businesspeople KW - E-books KW - Business people KW - Business persons KW - Businesspersons KW - Entrepreneurs KW - Professional employees KW - History. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78672974 AB - Originally published in 1959, this book surveys the changes in the social origins and career patterns of the leaders of two British industries during the previous century. The biographies of about 1000 managing partners and executive directors from the hosiery industry are pieced together from a variety of sources. Changes in social origins and career patterns are analysed and comparisons made between the leaders of these two very different industries in an attempt to isolate the influence of industry's size and capital requirements on management recruitment. Where possible, comparisons are also made with various studies of American industrial leaders and with other investigations of British industrialists. The book attempts to provide an empirical basis for generalisations about British industrial leadership during the century in which her role in world manufacturing was transformed from that of quasi-monopolist to one of competitor with many other countries. ER -