{"product_id":"dudley-docker-the-life-and-times-of-a-trade-warrior-paperback-9780521894005","title":"Dudley Docker; The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior (Paperback) 9780521894005","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDudley Docker\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life and Times of a Trade Warrior\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. P. T. Davenport-Hines (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521894005, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 April 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDudley Docker (1862–1944) was one of the most powerful European businessmen of his era, through his secretiveness and taste for intrigue served to obscure his importance. This book is a feat of detection and historical reconstruction which establishes him as a figure of substantial influence. Like all good business history it transcends narrow departmental interests. It is a solid mixture of business, economic, political, social and even diplomatic history. It sketches the life and times of Docker: it describes the deals he fixed, recounts the rise and fall of the companies he directed, but also recreates the milieu in which he worked and portrays British socio-economic history from his standpoint. The book's chief theme is the decline of British industrial hegemony since 1880.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations, figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dudley Docker and his world\u003cbr\u003e 2. Domestic life and early career\u003cbr\u003e 3. Birmingham's industrial titan 1902–14\u003cbr\u003e 4. Business leagues and business newspapers 1905–14\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Great War 1914–18\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Federation of British industries and the British Commonwealth Union 1916–22\u003cbr\u003e 7. Diplomacy, the British Trade Corporation and the British Stockbrockers Trust 1916–25\u003cbr\u003e 8. Armaments, electricity and rolling-stock 1917–29\u003cbr\u003e 9. Inter-war politics 1922–39\u003cbr\u003e 10. International electrical and railway trusts 1914–44\u003cbr\u003e 11. Birmingham Small Arms 1918–44\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Industry \u0026amp; industrial studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Industry%20\u0026amp;%20industrial%20studies%20%5BKN%5D%22\"\u003eKN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005569716504,"sku":"9780521894005","price":34.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521894005i_5bf16f53-e014-4e8e-bbbd-b28021779e9e.jpg?v=1691359098","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dudley-docker-the-life-and-times-of-a-trade-warrior-paperback-9780521894005","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}