State Intervention in Great Britain

First Published in 1968. This is a study of the impact of the First WorId War on the role of government in the economy of a country which was the prototype of modern industrial society and focuses on the economic control and social response during 1914 to 1919.

Samuel J. Hurwitz

The Liberal Scene; Chapter I A Decade of Liberalism; The Mobilization of Industry and Labor; Chapter II "Business as Usual"; Chapter III The Need for Manpower: Early Government Action; Chapter IV Dilution of "Aristocracy"; Chapter V Labor Ordering and Discipline; Chapter VI Welfare for Efficiency; Chapter VII Wages of War; Chapter VIII Women; Chapter IX The Materials of War; Chapter X Coal; Chapter XI The "Jugular Vein": Shipping; Chapter XII Cotton; Chapter XIII Agriculture; The Reaction of the Nation; Chapter XIV The Ringing of Bells; Chapter XV The Renewal of Industrial Strife; Chapter XVI The Great Dilution Struggle; Chapter XVII Other Labor Difficulties 1916-1918; Chapter XVIII "Reconstruction";