Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on conventions and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The British cartel system, 1880–1964
- 3 The state and the ‘monopoly problem’, 1880–1939
- 4 The war and the White Paper, 1940–44
- 5 The origins of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Act, 1948
- 6 Interpretation of policy – the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, 1949–56
- 7 The origins of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 – a re-interpretation
- 8 Resale price maintenance
- 9 Conclusions
- Appendixes
- 1 British participation in international cartels in manufactured goods, 1930s and 1950s
- 2 Correlation of RPM with levels of concentration of employment, 1938
- 3 The systematisation of British trade associations, 1875–1953
- 4 Analysis of the signatories of the ‘National Policy for Industry’, 1942
- 5 Criteria for the selection of references to the MRPC, 1949–56
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The systematisation of British trade associations, 1875–1953
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on conventions and abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The British cartel system, 1880–1964
- 3 The state and the ‘monopoly problem’, 1880–1939
- 4 The war and the White Paper, 1940–44
- 5 The origins of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Act, 1948
- 6 Interpretation of policy – the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, 1949–56
- 7 The origins of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 – a re-interpretation
- 8 Resale price maintenance
- 9 Conclusions
- Appendixes
- 1 British participation in international cartels in manufactured goods, 1930s and 1950s
- 2 Correlation of RPM with levels of concentration of employment, 1938
- 3 The systematisation of British trade associations, 1875–1953
- 4 Analysis of the signatories of the ‘National Policy for Industry’, 1942
- 5 Criteria for the selection of references to the MRPC, 1949–56
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Constructing a Competitive OrderThe Hidden History of British Antitrust Policies, pp. 188 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995