Regional Growth and Unemployment in the United Kingdom

Preface which Professor A. J. Brown was supervisor and examiner, respectively. We are indebted to Professor Brown for his constructive criticism and encouragement in both capacities. Our approach to regional economic analysis has been considerably influenced by him. The final manuscript was read with unusual thoroughness by our colleague Mr Ian Gordon. We are deeply grateful to him for taking so much time in helping us to eradicate mistakes and to clarify exposition. With foresight we would have enlisted him as co-author! As far as the division of work between the present authors is concerned, most of the research on Census of Production data was done by Dixon, while most of the research on unemployment was done by Thirlwall. The writing, however, has been a joint responsibility. Finally, we must thank the editors of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, the Manchester School of Economic and Social Studies, the Oxford Economic Papers, and the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics for allowing us to replicate ideas and results already published by us in their journals, and last, but not least, we extend a special thank you to our typist, Miss Marilyn Spice, who coped expertly with successive drafts of the book. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-14 Regional Specialisation and the Location of Manufacturing Industries in the United Kingdom: 1958 and 1963....Pages 15-42 Relative Costs as a Determinant of Changes in the Pattern of Regional Specialisation and Industrial Location....Pages 43-59 Types of Unemployment: Cyclical v. Non-cyclical Unemployment....Pages 60-79 Types of Unemployment: Demand-deficient v. Non Demand-deficient Unemployment....Pages 80-127 The Determinants of Productivity Growth in the Regions of the United Kingdom: 1958–68....Pages 128-155 Interregional Differences in ‘Efficiency’: 1958 and 1963....Pages 156-169 The Determinants of Employment Growth in Regional Manufacturing Industry....Pages 170-191 The Growth Experience of the Regions: A Harrodian Interpretation....Pages 192-204 An Export Demand Model of Interregional Growth Rate Differences....Pages 205-219 Summary and Conclusions....Pages 220-225 Back Matter....Pages 226-251 Beaten Down by Blood: The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 through the frenetic phases of the battle until the final objectives are taken on 5 September. This is the story, often told in the words of the men themselves, of the capture of the 'unattackable' Mont and the 'invincible' fortress town of Péronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. The Author places real men on the battlefield, describing their fears and their courage and their often violent deaths. The struggle for control of the battle, to site the guns, to bridge the Somme and maintain communications are portrayed in vivid detail. The story also offers a glimpse of the men's families at home, their anxiety and their life-long grief. Beaten Down by Blood: The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne 1918 charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 through the frenetic phases of the battle until the final objectives are taken on 5 September. This is the story, often told in the words of the men themselves, of the capture of the 'unattackable' Mont and the 'invincible' fortress town of PEronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. The Author places real men on the battlefield, describing their fears and their courage and their often violent deaths. The struggle for control of the battle, to site the guns, to bridge the Somme and maintain communications are portrayed in vivid detail. The story also offers a glimpse of the men's families at home, their anxiety and their life-long grief This book charts an extraordinary journey from the trenches facing Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918 through the frenetic phases of the battle until the final objectives are taken on 5 September. This is the story, often told in the words of the men themselves, of the capture of the 'unattackable' Mont and the 'invincible' fortress town of Peronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. The Author places real men on the battlefield, describing their fears and their courage and their often violent deaths. The struggle for control of the battle, to site the guns, to bridge the Somme and maintain communications are portrayed in vivid detail. The story also offers a glimpse of the men's families at home, their anxiety and their life-long grief