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A History of GKN

Volume 1: Innovation and Enterprise, 1759-1918

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  • © 1987

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  1. Edgar Jones
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxviii
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  2. Iron in South Wales, 1759–1850

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Guests and Foundations at Merthyr, 1759–93

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 3-33

    3. War and Expansion at Dowlais, 1793–1815

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 35-57

    4. Supremacy in Iron, 1815–40

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 59-95

    5. Railways and Crisis at Dowlais, The 1840s

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 97-132

  3. Engineering in the Midlands, 1850–1900

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Origins of Nettlefold & Chamberlain 1823–80

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 135-163

    3. Arthur Keen and the Patent Nut & Bolt Co. 1856–1900

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 165-198

    4. Nettlefolds Ltd. and the Screw Industry, 1880–1902

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 199-236

  4. Steel and Coal in Wales, 1850–1914

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Transition at Dowlais, The 1850s and 1860s

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 239-287

    3. Dowlais in the Steel Era, 1870–1900

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 289-327

    4. South Wales: More Steel and Coal, 1900–14

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 329-358

  5. Into the Twentieth Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 359-359
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    2. Guest Keen & Nettlefolds, Its Formation and Early Years 1900–14

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 361-378

    3. GKN and the Great War 1914–18

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 379-401

    4. Conclusions

      • Edgar Jones
      Pages 403-416

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 417-442
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About this book

This is the story of a major business enterprise. It describes the transformation of a small partnership, formed in 1759, into an international group, the scale of whose diverse activities has demanded the creation of a multi-divisional structure, supported by many specialist departments. Probably the most longeval of Britain's current manufacturing companies, GKN's history may be interpreted as a unique and revealing insight into Britain's industrial experience over past centuries.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A History of GKN

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Innovation and Enterprise, 1759-1918

  • Authors: Edgar Jones

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06629-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-34594-8Published: 09 November 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-06629-2Published: 10 November 1987

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 442

  • Topics: Operations Management, Economic History, Industries

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