The Dynamics of the Modern Brewing Industry

by Gourvish; Terry

• ISBN13: 9780415147057
• ISBN10: 0415147050
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134756100
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-28
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

For the past two centuries, brewing has been a constantly innovative and evolving industry, subject to changes in technology, taste and industrial structure. This ground-breaking book is one of the first to examine the industry from the perspectives of economic and business history. It combines chapters on the major European nations with chapters on the United States and Australia.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii	(1)
List of tables	viii	(2)
List of maps	x	(1)
Table of measurements	xi	(1)
List of contributors	xii	(2)
Preface	xiv
Introduction	1	(12)
1 DUTCH BREWING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	13	(19)
Richard W. Unger
2 THE ITALIAN BREWING INDUSTRY, c. 1815-1990	32	(27)
Andrea Colli
3 THE DANISH BREWING INDUSTRY AFTER 1880: ENTREPRENEURS, MARKET STRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY	59	(16)
Per Boje
Hans Chr. Johansen
4 THE MASS PRODUCTION OF DRAUGHT AND BOTTLED BEER IN GERMANY, 1880-1914: A NOTE	75	(5)
Mikulas Teich
5 CONCENTRATION, DIVERSITY AND FIRM STRATEGY IN EUROPEAN BREWING, 1945-90	80	(13)
T.R. Gourvish
6 THE CHANGING TASTE FOR BEER IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN	93	(12)
R.G. Wilson
7 THE IRISH BREWING INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF GUINNESS, 1790-1914	105	(18)
Andy Bielenberg
8 FOLLOWING THE FLAG: SCOTTISH BREWERS AND BEERS IN IMPERIAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, 1850-1939	123	(19)
Ian Donnachie
9 THE BRITISH BREWING INDUSTRY, 1945-95	142	(18)
Tony Millns
10 `WELL-INTENTIONED MEDDLING': THE BEER ORDERS AND THE BRITISH BREWING INDUSTRY	160	(16)
Gerald Crompton
11 THE AMERICAN BREWING INDUSTRY, 1865-1920	176	(17)
K. Austin Kerr
12 THE AMERICAN BREWING INDUSTRY SINCE 1920	193	(20)
Herman W. Ronnenberg
13 THE BREWING INDUSTRY IN EARLY AUSTRALIA	213	(16)
David Hughes
14 STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN BREWING INDUSTRY, 1920-94	229	(18)
David T. Merrett
15 THE NEW ZEALAND BREWING INDUSTRY, 1840-1995	247	(19)
S.R.H. Jones
Bibliography	266	(17)
Index	283