| | Labour Governments and Private Industry The Experience of 1945-1951 by Professor Helen Mercer, Professor Neil Rollings, Jim Tomlinson, Professor J. D. Tomlinson, Jim D. Tomlinson, Edinburgh University Press Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-0339-8, ISBN: 0-7486-0339-5
"In 1945 a Labour government with socialist aspirations was elected. Prior to this, much of the Left's political energy had been directed towards nationalisation and the private sector had been seen as peripheral. Equally the private sector was ill-prepared to deal with a Labour government. Despite the coolness between the two, the war had left a legacy of a high level of interaction between private industry and the forces of government. ..."
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