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Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 48.00This major study analyses the economic policies of the Attlee government. more...
Nothing Like an Ocean
The University Press of Kentucky 2009; US$ 24.95The eleven stories in Nothing Like An Ocean confirm the promise of Jim Tomlinson's award-winning debut, Things Kept, Things Left Behind. Set in and around the fictional town of Spivey, Kentucky, the stories spotlight small-town lives that are thrown into quiet turmoil by unexpected events or outsiders: a man's broken-down car prompts a bittersweet... more...
Things Kept, Things Left Behind
University of Iowa Press 2009; US$ 19.00The stories in Things Kept, Things Left Behind explore the ambiguities of kept secrets, the tangles of abandoned pasts, and uneasy accommodations. Jim Tomlinson's characters each face the desire to reclaim dreams left behind, along with something of the dreamer that was also lost. Starkly rendered, these spiraling characters inhabit a specific place... more...
The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-1964
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 198.00The Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-1964 responds to the need for a full assessment of the Conservatives performance in this crucial period. Drawing upon a wide range of archival sources, Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson explore the different aspects of the efficiency question. Beginning with the major issue of attempts in the 1950s... more...
The Decline of Jute
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2011; US$ 99.00By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britains managed economy. It also addresses broader arguments about the political economy of twentieth-century Britain. more...
Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 170.00Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime period and subsequent implementation of policy under Attlee. The book modifies existing historiography in two ways - it shows that the Labour Party of 1945-51... more...
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