Malcolm E. Falkus

Always Under Pressure

A History of North Thames Gas Since 1949

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This non-technical, readable book traces the history of North Thames Gas from the nationalization of the gas industry in 1949 until privatization in 1986, a period which saw the industry change form a position in the 1950s where its survival was threatened.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-46819-7
• 1988.
• Seitenzahl: 219
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1988
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9780333468197
• ISBN-10: 0333468198
• Artikelnr.: 24538070

Inhaltsangabe

North Thames Gas - history and tradition; the new enterprise; the struggle for survival; new technology and new markets; the Canvey experiment and the beginnings of conversion; the conversion of central London; organizational change and the time of troubles; a headquarters at last; the Staines era - renaissance and reformation.