Historical Continuity and Present Discontinuity in the Brewing Industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19381771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Mathias (0000-0001-5992-0897, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scottish Economic & Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-5030 • E-ISSN: 2053-7816 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/sesh.1996.16.16.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2181243894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
It is a singular honour to be invited, and a daunting prospect to actually deliver, the Checkland Memorial Lecture for 1995: an honour because of the high status which the lecture has already attained, following the level ofexpectations set by Sydney Checkland's own exacting standards; and daunting for exactly the same reasons. Sydney Checkland was himself splendidly equipped to have tackled the Scottish brewing industry amongst his many diverse studies. Here was a topic ripe for his pen: family dynasties comparable in business and commercial importance to the Gladstones, finance and capital as a dimension to Scottish banking; scale in enterprise and technology equivalent to the Mines of Tharsis; social and political issues which were at the heart of his latter concerns with public policy. The range was set by the parameters he identified in John Gladstone's life and career: 'business, politics, religion and charities'. So it has been with the brewing industry, one theme ofwhich
Brewing · Business · Mathematical analysis · Chemistry · Mathematics · Wine Industry and Tourism · Food Science
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |