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The British Motor Industry
Series: Shire Library
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The British Motor Industry
Offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle and cotton industries into oblivion. This book chronicles the 109-year life of The Rover Group from its production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many.
A short history of the British Motor Industry
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Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard, and Wolseley are just a few of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the industry survived until the collapse of MG Rover in 2005.
Jonathan Wood chronicles its century-long life, from the production of hand-made bespoke automobiles for the fortunate few to the arrival of mass production to provide cars for the many. He looks at the factories and the people who worked in them, and examines the role played by the component manufacturers that serviced the industry.
In conclusion, this ideal introduction offers explanations as to why motor manufacturing followed the British motorcycle, bicycle, and cotton industries into oblivion.
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ISBN: 9780747807681
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 May 2010
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Shire Publications
Illustration: 1 col
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 8.0mm
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 176g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Award-winning author Jonathan Wood's 'Wheels of Misfortune The Rise and Fall of the British Motor Industry', (1988) received accolades in Britain and America. In 2006 he presented the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Sir Henry Royce Memorial Lecture on Sir Alec Issigonis, creator of the Morris Minor and the Mini.
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