Shooting star : the rise & fall of the British motorcycle industry

• Tác giả: Abraham Aamidor
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 1554909007
• ISBN-13: 978-1554909001
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.4762922750941 Secondary industries and services
• Thông tin xuất bản: Toronto : ECW Press, 2009.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (xvi, 153 pages, [24] pages of plates) : , illustrations (some color).
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 146849
• Chủ đề: 1. Motorcycle industry--History--Great Britain; 2. Motorcycles--History--Great Britain; 3. Motocyclettes--Industrie--Grande-Bretagne; 4. Motocyclettes--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne; 5. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Industries; 6. Great Britain; 7. History; 8. Motorcycle industry; 9. Motorcycles; 10. TRANSPORTATION--Motorcycles

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

In the years just after World War II, motorcycles were the third largest source of foreign exchange for the United Kingdom, lagging behind only automobiles and Scotch whiskey.