pub. Her Majesty's Stationary Office and Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1957, FIRST EDITION, large hardcover 8vo without dj, 458pp., 2 parts, 13 chapters, appendix, detailed text, extensive index.

Condition: Blue cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to slightly faded spine, STRAIGHT, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION with the usual CANCELLED inscriptions of an establishment ex-library (Victoria Barracks, Defense & UKIS, Martin Place), with slight rubbing and edgewear to the cover and slight age-toning to ROBUST pages within. Ex-lib stamp to spine.

• The authors of the Civil Histories have been given free access to official documents.

PART ONE : Labour Supply

• Shortage of Skilled Engineers
• Distribution of Labour
• Shipbuilding
• Unskilled Labour
• Women workers
• Locations of Industry

PART TWO

• Organisation & Welfare
• Work Efficiency and Absences
• Hours of Work
• Wages
• Morale & Industrial Relations
• Technical Utilisation
• Shift Work

Appendix : Agreements between parties