LEN HOLDEN
List of plates
List of tables and chats
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One
1. The Evolution of Vauxhall: The 1890 to 1925
2. The American Takeover of Vauxhall
3. The Rise of Vauxhall to the Big Six: 1930-1950
4. Financial, Marketing and Export Strategies
5. Management and Labour Relations to 1929
6. The Bartlett Years: Industrial Relations Policies 1929-1950
7. The Growth of Luton: From Hats to Cars
8. Vauxhall and the Luton Economy to the 1950s
Part Two
1. Vauxhall and Luton 1950-1970: Boom and Addluence
2. Acme to nadir: The Decline of Vauxhall in Luron 1970-2002
- Managing Directors of Vauxhall
- Luton and Bedford Compaies referred to in the book
- Explanation of Conference Terms
Bibliography
Index
This book traces the rise and decline of the once mighty company, Vauxhall, which in the third quarter of the twentieth century dominated the Luton economy.
