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This book presents a chronology of state policy in industry since the 1500s to the mid twentieth century, and explains the ideas that have shaped it.Includes chapters on:The state and exploitation; state participation in industry; state information and services; state operation of industry and state control over industry

Summarizing the facts about the prevailing sizes of industrial firms or plants and the patterns of industrial location in Britain and America, this book also interprets the facts in basic terms such as technical requirements and consumer habits.Examining investment and human resource management, the contrasts and (unexpected) similarities in the industrial structure and government of the two countries are analysed. The book includes new research into the real seat of power in the British joint stock company and compares the results with the realities of the American corporation