The emergence of big business: the largest corporate employers of labour in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States c.1907

Documents the largest employers of labour in Edwardian Britain and demonstrates the neglected importance of several large companies in the coal industry and in metallurgy. With the identification of large employers in Wales, Scotland and the north-east of England, the article also redresses an imbal...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Business history 1999-10, Vol.41 (4), p.88-116
Main Author: Wardley, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Documents the largest employers of labour in Edwardian Britain and demonstrates the neglected importance of several large companies in the coal industry and in metallurgy. With the identification of large employers in Wales, Scotland and the north-east of England, the article also redresses an imbalance caused by previous under-enumeration of large firms in 'outer' Britain. An international perspective is adopted by comparative analysis of similar developments in Britain's major rivals, the USA and Germany. (Original abstract - amended)
ISSN:0007-6791
DOI:10.1080/00076799900000346