Keir Thorpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5748483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keir Thorpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keir |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorpe |
| SIGNATURE | THORPE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Luton University in the Cold War and in European Integration; Department of the Public Record Office |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Forgotten Shortage
The article focuses on the panicked response of the British government to the oil embargo imposed following the Six-Day War—a time when the UK was caught between the legacy of wartime methods of control and the advent of computerisation necessary for managing supplies in the age of mass consumption. It highlights both ministers' willingness to cast aside established policies in order to secure oil and the increasing weakness of the British govern…
Rendering the Strike Innocuous’
This article considers the strikes in essential industries which the Churchill and Eden governments faced in the mid-1950s. These strikes affected oil distribution, the docks and the railways and appeared to threaten the prospering economy. The article demonstrates that ministers held back from using the strong powers that were available to them to counter such strikes. These Conservative governments were dedicated to removing the lingering warti…
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Rendering the Strike Innocuous’
This article considers the strikes in essential industries which the Churchill and Eden governments faced in the mid-1950s. These strikes affected oil distribution, the docks and the railways and appeared to threaten the prospering economy. The article demonstrates that ministers held back from using the strong powers that were available to them to counter such strikes. These Conservative governments were dedicated to removing the lingering warti…
The Forgotten Shortage
The article focuses on the panicked response of the British government to the oil embargo imposed following the Six-Day War—a time when the UK was caught between the legacy of wartime methods of control and the advent of computerisation necessary for managing supplies in the age of mass consumption. It highlights both ministers' willingness to cast aside established policies in order to secure oil and the increasing weakness of the British govern…
Economics (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Aside (1 work) · Australian History and Society (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Economic policy (1 work) · Economic shortage (1 work)