This is the first book-length analysis of 20th-century shipbuilding
at the national level in Britain. It is based on the full breadth
of primary and secondary sources available, blending the records of
the UK government with those of the British Shipbuilding Employers
Federation and Shipbuilding Conference, as well as making use of a
range of records from individual yards, technical societies, and
the shipping trade press. Few industries attest to the decline of
Britain's political and economic power as does the near
disappearance of British shipbulding. On the eve of the First World
War, British shipbuilding produced more than the rest of the world
combined. But, by the 1980s, the industry that had dominated world
markets and underpinned British maritime power accounted for less
than 1 percent of total world output. Throughout its decline, a
remarkable relationship developed between the shipbuilding industry
and the UK government as both sought to restore the fortunes and
dominance of this once great enterprise. Authors: Lewis Johnman is
Principal Lecturer in history at the University of Westminster in
London. His previous books include The Suez Crisis (Routledge,
1997). Hugh Murphy is Senior Caird Research Fellow at the National
Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.
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