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Ferranti: A History: Building a Family Business, 1882-1975 by John F. Wilson (Paperback, 2007)
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Ferranti was one of the most successful firms of the 20th century and, as a centre of engineering excellence and innovation, it was known world-wide. Ferranti is no more, but John Wilson has recorded its history in this volume. The company was started by the 18-year-old Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti in 1882 and was still family-owned and run over 90 years later, giving it a distinctive culture which owed all to a passion for engineering, invention and innovation. But if Ferranti was much more than just a business to the Ferranti dynasty, it was more than just an employer to those it employed; to many it was part of their own extended family and an imprtant part of their social lives. Ferranti inspired great loyalty from its workforce and successive generations of workers followed each other into the firm. So it was a particularly poignant moment when, after having taken 100 years to build the company, it went into receivership in the same number of months . However, this book, with its wealth of detail, gives the reader a glimpse of the excitement of working for a company that encouraged initiative, risk and enterprise at all levels. John Wilson has drawn on a considerable archive of photographs, which illustrate many aspects of the company's long history, and was allowed access to the Ferranti archives. This record of an outstanding business is the result of his 20 years of research.Product Identifiers
PublisherCarnegie Publishing LTD
ISBN-139781859360989
eBay Product ID (ePID)88696521
Product Key Features
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFerranti: a History: Building a Family Business, 1882-1975
Publication Year2007
SubjectHistory, Business
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn F. Wilson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight920 g
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn F. Wilson
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- 11 May, 2017
Very interesting and comprehensive history
Having worked for the company for several years I found the book included a wealth of knowledge about the family and the company's amazingly broad and innovative product range. The company was clearly both a credit to the family name and a very significant asset to the United Kingdom. An extremely interesting read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
