Professor Peter Scott

Professor of International Business History

Specialisms

Housing,
Consumer durables,
Household behaviour,
Inequality

Location

Room 150, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus

Peter Scott is Professor of International Business History. He has undertaken extensive research on the history of housing provision, consumer expenditure, inequality, retailing, consumer durables, and various aspects of business history.

Peter's research interests include:

History of wealth and income inequality
Living standards
Household consumption
The house-building sector
Consumer durables
Working hours
Path dependence

He has written over sixty articles and book chapters, together with four sole-authored monographs:

The Property Masters: A History of the British Commercial Property Sector (London: Spon, 1996)
Triumph of the South: A Regional Economic History of Britain during the Early Twentieth Century (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007)
The Making of the British Home: The Suburban Semi and Family Life Between the Wars (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2013)
The Market Makers. Creating Mass Markets for Consumer Durables in Inter-war Britain (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2017)

From “pin money” to careers: Britain’s late move to equal pay, its consequences, and broader implications

Reference: Scott, P. (2024) From “pin money” to careers: Britain’s late move to equal pay, its consequences, and broader implications. Enterprise & Society, 25 (2). pp. 376-401. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: 10.1017/eso.2022.44

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain

Reference: Scott, P. M. (2023) The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain. Enterprise & Society, 24 (2). pp. 123-148. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2021.26

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain

Reference: Scott, P. M. (2023) The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain. Enterprise and Society, 24 (2). pp. 123-148. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: 10.1017/eso.2021.26

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

When GM met Austin: British and American variants of inter-war automobile mass production

Reference: Scott, P. (2023) When GM met Austin: British and American variants of inter-war automobile mass production. Business History, 65 (8). pp. 1417-1437. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2021.1979519

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

Capitals, occupational fields, and consumption preferences: an analysis of the British family expenditure survey (2009-2016)

Reference: Pavlisa, K. and Scott, P. M. (2023) Capitals, occupational fields, and consumption preferences: an analysis of the British family expenditure survey (2009-2016). The Sociological Review, 71 (5). pp. 1191-1212. ISSN 0038-0261 doi: 10.1177/00380261221093405

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

Patents, industry control, and the rise of the giant American corporation

Reference: Scott, P. and Spadavecchia, A. (2023) Patents, industry control, and the rise of the giant American corporation. Research Policy, 52 (1). 104651. ISSN 0048-7333 doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2022.104651

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Professor Peter Scott

Not going out: television’s impacts on Britain’s commercial entertainment industries and popular leisure during the 1950s

Reference: Scott, P. M. (2023) Not going out: television’s impacts on Britain’s commercial entertainment industries and popular leisure during the 1950s. Social History, 48 (4). pp. 475-500. ISSN 1470-1200 doi: 10.1080/03071022.2023.2246828

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Professor Peter Scott

A “quiet victory”: National Provincial, Gibson Hall, and the switch from comprehensive redevelopment to urban preservation in 1960s London

Reference: Barnes, V. , Newton, L. and Scott, P. (2022) A “quiet victory”: National Provincial, Gibson Hall, and the switch from comprehensive redevelopment to urban preservation in 1960s London. Enterprise and Society, 23 (1). pp. 33-67. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: 10.1017/eso.2020.35

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Lucy Newton - Professor Peter Scott

Inequality, living standards, and welfare provision

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. T. (2022) Inequality, living standards, and welfare provision. In: Carnevali, F., Strange, J.-M., Robertson, N., Singleton, J. and Taylor, A. (eds.) 20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change, 3rd edition. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781003037118 doi: 10.4324/9781003037118-5

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Leisure, consumption and consumerism

Reference: Scott, P. (2022) Leisure, consumption and consumerism. In: Robertson, N., Singleton, J. and Taylor, A. (eds.) 20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change, 3rd edition. Routledge, London, pp. 113-130, 402 pages. ISBN 9780367426576 doi: 10.4324/9781003037118-9

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott

A fiscal constitutional crisis: tax avoidance and evasion in inter-war Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2022) A fiscal constitutional crisis: tax avoidance and evasion in inter-war Britain. English Historical Review, 137 (584). pp. 170-197. ISSN 0013-8266 doi: 10.1093/ehr/ceac030

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Professor Peter Scott

The anatomy of Britain’s inter-war super-rich: reconstructing the 1928/9 'millionaire' population

Reference: Scott, P. (2021) The anatomy of Britain’s inter-war super-rich: reconstructing the 1928/9 'millionaire' population. Economic History Review, 74 (3). pp. 639-665. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/ehr.13025

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Professor Peter Scott

The “value” of business archives: assessing the academic importance of corporate archival collections

Reference: Hull, A. and Scott, P. (2020) The “value” of business archives: assessing the academic importance of corporate archival collections. Management & Organizational History, 15 (1). pp. 1-21. ISSN 1744-9367 doi: 10.1080/17449359.2020.1769676

Henley faculty authors:

Dr Andrew Hull - Professor Peter Scott

General Motors' other franchise system: creating an effective distribution model for Frigidaire

Reference: Scott, P. (2020) General Motors' other franchise system: creating an effective distribution model for Frigidaire. Business History, 64 (1). pp. 183-200. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2020.1714594

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Professor Peter Scott

The comfortable, the rich, and the super-rich. What really happened to top British incomes during the first half of the twentieth century?

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2020) The comfortable, the rich, and the super-rich. What really happened to top British incomes during the first half of the twentieth century? The Journal of Economic History, 80 (1). pp. 38-68. ISSN 1471-6372 doi: 10.1017/S0022050719000767

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

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“Forced selling”, domesticity, and the diffusion of washing-machines in inter-war America

Reference: Scott, P. (2020) “Forced selling”, domesticity, and the diffusion of washing-machines in inter-war America. Journal of Social History, 54 (2). pp. 546-568. ISSN 1527-1897 doi: 10.1093/jsh/shz064

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Professor Peter Scott

Friends in high places: government-industry relations in public sector house-building during Britain’s tower block era

Reference: Scott, P. (2020) Friends in high places: government-industry relations in public sector house-building during Britain’s tower block era. Business History, 62 (4). pp. 545-565. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2018.1452913

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Professor Peter Scott

Rethinking business models in the Great Depression: the failure of America's vacuum cleaner industry

Reference: Scott, P. (2019) Rethinking business models in the Great Depression: the failure of America's vacuum cleaner industry. Business History Review, 93 (2). pp. 319-348. ISSN 2044-768X doi: 10.1017/S0007680519000679

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Professor Peter Scott

Fundamental patents, national intellectual property regimes, and the development of new industries in Britain and America during the second industrial revolution

Reference: Scott, P. and Spadavecchia, A. (2019) Fundamental patents, national intellectual property regimes, and the development of new industries in Britain and America during the second industrial revolution. Economic History Yearbook, 60 (1). pp. 181-208. ISSN 0075-2800 doi: 10.1515/jbwg-2019-0008

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Dr Anna Spadavecchia

Introduction: Leslie Hannah and business history in his time

Reference: Foreman-Peck, J., Raff, D. and Scott, P. (2019) Introduction: Leslie Hannah and business history in his time. Business History, 61 (7). pp. 1091-1107. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2019.1642328

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Professor Peter Scott

‘Stop-go’ policy and the restriction of post-war British house-building

Reference: Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. T. (2019) ‘Stop-go’ policy and the restriction of post-war British house-building. The Economic History Review, 72 (2). pp. 716-737. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/ehr.12700

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

New perspectives on 20th-century European retailing

Reference: Scott, P. and Fridenson, P. (2018) New perspectives on 20th-century European retailing. Business History, 60 (7). pp. 941-958. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2018.1494943

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Professor Peter Scott

The market makers: creating mass markets for consumer durables in inter-war Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2017) The market makers: creating mass markets for consumer durables in inter-war Britain. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 9780198783817

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Professor Peter Scott

Large scale retailing, mass-market strategies and the blurring of class demarkations in Interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. T. (2017) Large scale retailing, mass-market strategies and the blurring of class demarkations in Interwar Britain. In: Di Martino, P., Popp, A. and Scott, P. (eds.) People, Places and Business Cultures: Essays in Honour of Francesca Carnevali. People, Markets, Goods: Economies and Societies in History. Boydell & Brewer, Martlesham. ISBN 9781783272129

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

The impact of ‘stop-go’ demand management policy on Britain's consumer durables industries, 1952-65

Reference: Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. T. (2017) The impact of ‘stop-go’ demand management policy on Britain's consumer durables industries, 1952-65. The Economic History Review, 70 (4). pp. 1321-1345. ISSN 0013-0117 doi: 10.1111/ehr.12470

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

The only way is up: retail format saturation and the demise of the American five and dime store, 1914-1941

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. T. (2017) The only way is up: retail format saturation and the demise of the American five and dime store, 1914-1941. Business History Review, 91 (1). pp. 71-103. ISSN 2044-768X doi: 10.1017/S000768051700054X

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Barriers to “industrialisation” for interwar British retailing? The case of Marks & Spencer Ltd.

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2017) Barriers to “industrialisation” for interwar British retailing? The case of Marks & Spencer Ltd. Business History, 59 (2). pp. 179-201. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2016.1156088

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Bringing radio into America's homes: marketing new technology in the Great Depression

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. T. (2016) Bringing radio into America's homes: marketing new technology in the Great Depression. Business History Review, 90 (2). pp. 251-276. ISSN 2044-768X doi: 10.1017/S0007680516000349

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

The determinants of plant survival in the U.S. radio equipment industry during the Great Depression

Reference: Scott, P. and Ziebarth, N. (2015) The determinants of plant survival in the U.S. radio equipment industry during the Great Depression. The Journal of Economic History, 75 (4). pp. 1097-1127. ISSN 1471-6372 doi: 10.1017/S0022050715001503

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Professor Peter Scott

Demonstrating distinction at ‘the lowest edge of the black-coated class’: the family expenditures of Edwardian railway clerks

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2015) Demonstrating distinction at ‘the lowest edge of the black-coated class’: the family expenditures of Edwardian railway clerks. Business History, 57 (4). pp. 564-588. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2014.965384

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

British working-class household composition, labour supply, and commercial leisure participation during the 1930s

Reference: Scott, P. , Walker, J. and Miskell, P. (2015) British working-class household composition, labour supply, and commercial leisure participation during the 1930s. Economic History Review, 68 (2). pp. 657-682. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/ehr.12074

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker - Professor Peter Miskell

When innovation becomes inefficient: reexamining Britain's radio industry

Reference: Scott, P. (2014) When innovation becomes inefficient: reexamining Britain's radio industry. Business History Review, 88 (3). pp. 497-521. ISSN 2044-768X doi: 10.1017/S0007680514000415

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Professor Peter Scott

The making of the British home: the suburban semi and family life between the wars

Reference: Scott, P. (2013) The making of the British home: the suburban semi and family life between the wars. Oxford University Press, pp270. ISBN 9780199677207 doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199677207.001.0001

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Professor Peter Scott

The determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry

Reference: Scott, P. (2012) The determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry. Economic History Review, 65 (4). pp. 1303-1325. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2011.00647.x

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Professor Peter Scott

Advertising, promotion, and the rise of a national building society movement in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Newton, L. A. (2012) Advertising, promotion, and the rise of a national building society movement in interwar Britain. Business History, 54 (3). pp. 399-423. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2011.638489

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Professor Lucy Newton

Working-class household consumption smoothing in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. (2012) Working-class household consumption smoothing in interwar Britain. The Journal of Economic History, 72 (3). pp. 797-825. ISSN 1471-6372 doi: 10.1017/S002205071200037X

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

The British ‘failure’ that never was? The Anglo-American ‘productivity gap’ in large-scale interwar retailing—evidence from the department store sector

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2012) The British ‘failure’ that never was? The Anglo-American ‘productivity gap’ in large-scale interwar retailing—evidence from the department store sector. Economic History Review, 65 (1). pp. 277-303. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00583.x

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness?

Reference: Scott, P. and Spadavecchia, A. (2011) Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness? Economic History Review, 64 (4). pp. 1266-1288. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00590.x

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Dr Anna Spadavecchia

Still a niche communications medium: the diffusion and uses of the telephone system in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2011) Still a niche communications medium: the diffusion and uses of the telephone system in interwar Britain. Business History, 53 (6). pp. 801-820. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076791.2011.578131

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Professor Peter Scott

Sales and advertising expenditure for interwar American department stores

Reference: Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. (2011) Sales and advertising expenditure for interwar American department stores. The Journal of Economic History, 71 (1). pp. 40-69. ISSN 1471-6372 doi: 10.1017/S0022050711000027

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Why was urban overcrowding much more severe in Scotland than in the rest of the British Isles? Evidence from the first (1904) official household expenditure survey

Reference: Gazeley, I., Newell, A. and Scott, P. (2011) Why was urban overcrowding much more severe in Scotland than in the rest of the British Isles? Evidence from the first (1904) official household expenditure survey. European Review of Economic History, 15 (1). pp. 127-151. ISSN 1474-0044 doi: 10.1017/S1361491610000195

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Professor Peter Scott

Power to the people: working-class demand for household power in 1930s Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Walker, J. (2011) Power to the people: working-class demand for household power in 1930s Britain. Oxford Economic Papers, 63 (4). pp. 598-624. ISSN 1464-3812 doi: 10.1093/oep/gpr012

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Advertising, promotion, and the competitive advantage of interwar British department stores

Reference: Scott, P. M. and Walker, J. T. (2010) Advertising, promotion, and the competitive advantage of interwar British department stores. Economic History Review, 63 (4). pp. 1105-1128. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00535.x

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Professor Peter Scott - Prof James T Walker

Advertising, promotion, and the rise of a national building society movement in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Newton, L. , (2009) Advertising, promotion, and the rise of a national building society movement in interwar Britain. Discussion Paper. Henley Business School pp39. (Unpublished)

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Professor Lucy Newton

Mr Drage, Mr Everyman, and the creation of a mass market for domestic furniture in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2009) Mr Drage, Mr Everyman, and the creation of a mass market for domestic furniture in interwar Britain. Economic History Review, 62 (4). pp. 802-827. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00480.x

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Professor Peter Scott

From a solution to a problem? Overseas multinationals in Britain during economic decline and renaissance

Reference: Scott, P. (2009) From a solution to a problem? Overseas multinationals in Britain during economic decline and renaissance. In: Coopey, R. and Lyth, P. (eds.) Business in Britain in the twentieth century: decline and renaissance? Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 116-136. ISBN 9780199226009 doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226009.003.0007

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Professor Peter Scott

Did owner-occupation lead to smaller families for interwar working-class households

Reference: Scott, P. (2008) Did owner-occupation lead to smaller families for interwar working-class households. Economic History Review, 61 (1). pp. 99-124. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00390.x

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Professor Peter Scott

Marketing mass home ownership and the creation of the modern working-class consumer in inter-war Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2008) Marketing mass home ownership and the creation of the modern working-class consumer in inter-war Britain. Business History, 50 (1). pp. 4-25. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076790701785581

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Professor Peter Scott

Managing door-to-door sales of vacuum cleaners in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2008) Managing door-to-door sales of vacuum cleaners in interwar Britain. Business History Review, 82 (4). pp. 761-788. ISSN 2044-768X

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Professor Peter Scott

Jealous monopolists? British banks and responses to the Macmillan gap during the 1930s

Reference: Scott, P. and Newton, L. (2007) Jealous monopolists? British banks and responses to the Macmillan gap during the 1930s. Enterprise & Society, 8 (4). pp. 881-919. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: 10.1093/es/khm104

Henley faculty authors:

Professor Peter Scott - Professor Lucy Newton

Consumption, consumer credit cards and the diffusion of consumer durables

Reference: Scott, P. (2007) Consumption, consumer credit cards and the diffusion of consumer durables. In: Carnevali, F., Strange, J.-M. and Johnson, P. (eds.) 20th century Britain: economic, cultural and social change. 2nd edition. Longman, Harlow. ISBN 9780582772878

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Professor Peter Scott

Triumph of the south: a regional economic history of early twentieth century Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2007) Triumph of the south: a regional economic history of early twentieth century Britain. Modern Economic and Social History. Ashgate, Aldershot, pp344. ISBN 9781840146134

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Professor Peter Scott

Path dependence, fragmented property rights and the slow diffusion of high throughput technologies in inter-war British coal mining

Reference: Scott, P. (2006) Path dependence, fragmented property rights and the slow diffusion of high throughput technologies in inter-war British coal mining. Business History, 48 (1). pp. 20-42. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076790500204693

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Professor Peter Scott

New manufacturing plant formation, clustering and locational externalities in 1930s Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Walsh, P. (2005) New manufacturing plant formation, clustering and locational externalities in 1930s Britain. Business History, 47 (2). pp. 190-218. ISSN 1743-7938

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Professor Peter Scott

Public sector investment and Britain's post-war economic performance: a case study of roads policy

Reference: Scott, P. (2004) Public sector investment and Britain's post-war economic performance: a case study of roads policy. Journal of European Economic History, 34 (2). pp. 391-418. ISSN 0391-5115

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Professor Peter Scott

Sources on communities of British manufacturing plans and their activities

Reference: Scott, P. (2004) Sources on communities of British manufacturing plans and their activities. Business Archives Sources and History, 88. pp. 25-30.

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Professor Peter Scott

Regional development and policy

Reference: Scott, P. (2004) Regional development and policy. In: Floud, R. and Johnson, P. (eds.) The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 332-367. ISBN 9780521527385 (Structural change and growth, 1939–2000)

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Professor Peter Scott

Patterns and determinants of manufacturing plant location in interwar London

Reference: Scott, P. and Walsh, P. (2004) Patterns and determinants of manufacturing plant location in interwar London. Economic History Review, 57 (1). pp. 109-141. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/j.0013-0017.2004.00274.x

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Professor Peter Scott

The twilight world of interwar British hire purchase

Reference: Scott, P. (2002) The twilight world of interwar British hire purchase. Past & Present, 177 (1). pp. 195-225. ISSN 1477-464X doi: 10.1093/past/177.1.195

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Professor Peter Scott

British public policy and multinationals during the “Dollar Gap” era, 1945–1960

Reference: Rooth, T. and Scott, P. (2002) British public policy and multinationals during the “Dollar Gap” era, 1945–1960. Enterprise & Society, 3 (1). pp. 124-161. ISSN 1467-2235 doi: 10.1093/es/3.1.124

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Professor Peter Scott

British railways and the challenge from road haulage: 1919-39

Reference: Scott, P. (2002) British railways and the challenge from road haulage: 1919-39. Twentieth Century British History, 13 (2). pp. 101-120. ISSN 1477-4674 doi: 10.1093/tcbh/13.2.101

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Professor Peter Scott

Towards the "cult of the equity"? Insurance companies and the interwar capital market

Reference: Scott, P. (2002) Towards the "cult of the equity"? Insurance companies and the interwar capital market. Economic History Review, 55 (1). pp. 78-104. ISSN 1468-0289 doi: 10.1111/1468-0289.00215

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Professor Peter Scott

The evolution of Britain's urban built environment

Reference: Scott, P. (2001) The evolution of Britain's urban built environment. In: Daunton, M. (ed.) Volume 3 (1840–1950). The Cambridge Urban History of Britain. Cambridge University Press, pp. 495-524. ISBN 9780521417075

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Professor Peter Scott

Industrial estates and British industrial development: 1897-1939

Reference: Scott, P. (2001) Industrial estates and British industrial development: 1897-1939. Business History, 43 (2). pp. 73-98. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/713999223

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Professor Peter Scott

Path dependence and Britain’s "coal wagon problem"

Reference: Scott, P. (2001) Path dependence and Britain’s "coal wagon problem". Explorations in Economic History, 38 (3). pp. 366-385. ISSN 0014-4983

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Professor Peter Scott

"The white slavery of the motor world”: opportunism in the interwar road haulage industry

Reference: Scott, P. and Reid, C. (2000) "The white slavery of the motor world”: opportunism in the interwar road haulage industry. Social History, 25 (3). pp. 300-315. ISSN 1470-1200 doi: 10.1080/03071020050143338

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Professor Peter Scott

The state, internal migration, and the growth of new industrial communities in inter-war Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2000) The state, internal migration, and the growth of new industrial communities in inter-war Britain. English Historical Review, 115 (461). pp. 329-353. ISSN 1477-4534 doi: 10.1093/ehr/115.461.329

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Professor Peter Scott

Protectionism and the growth of overseas multinational enterprise in interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. and Rooth, T. (2000) Protectionism and the growth of overseas multinational enterprise in interwar Britain. Journal of Industrial History, 3 (2).

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Professor Peter Scott

Ownership, occupation and risk: a view of the City of London office market

Reference: Lizieri, C. , Baum, A. and Scott, P. (2000) Ownership, occupation and risk: a view of the City of London office market. Urban Studies, 37 (7). pp. 1109-1129. ISSN 1360-063X doi: 10.1080/00420980020080041

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Professor Peter Scott

Cycles and steps in British commercial property values

Reference: Scott, P. and Judge, G. (2000) Cycles and steps in British commercial property values. Applied Economics, 32 (10). pp. 1287-1297. ISSN 1466-4283 doi: 10.1080/000368400404443

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Professor Peter Scott

The audit of regional policy: 1934‐1939

Reference: Scott, P. (2000) The audit of regional policy: 1934‐1939. Regional Studies, 34 (1). pp. 55-65. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: 10.1080/00343400050005880

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Professor Peter Scott

Women, other "fresh” workers, and the new manufacturing workforce of interwar Britain

Reference: Scott, P. (2000) Women, other "fresh” workers, and the new manufacturing workforce of interwar Britain. International Review of Social History, 45 (3). pp. 449-474. ISSN 1469-512X

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Professor Peter Scott

The Treasury as venture capitalist: DATAC industrial finance and the Macmillan Gap 1945-60

Reference: Carnevali, F. and Scott, P. (1999) The Treasury as venture capitalist: DATAC industrial finance and the Macmillan Gap 1945-60. Financial History Review, 6 (1). pp. 47-65. ISSN 1474-0052 doi: 10.1017/S0968565000000251

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Professor Peter Scott

The efficiency of Britain's "silly little bobtailed" coal wagons: a comment on Van Vleck

Reference: Scott, P. (1999) The efficiency of Britain's "silly little bobtailed" coal wagons: a comment on Van Vleck. The Journal of Economic History, 59 (4). pp. 1072-1080. ISSN 1471-6372 doi: 10.1017/S0022050700024153

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Professor Peter Scott

Public policy and foreign-based enterprises in Britain prior to the Second World War

Reference: Scott, P. and Rooth, T. (1999) Public policy and foreign-based enterprises in Britain prior to the Second World War. The Historical Journal, 42 (2). pp. 495-515. ISSN 1469-5103

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Professor Peter Scott

The growth of road haulage, 1921-58: an estimate

Reference: Scott, P. (1998) The growth of road haulage, 1921-58: an estimate. The Journal of Transport History, 19 (2). pp. 138-155. ISSN 1759-3999 doi: 10.1177/002252669801900206

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Professor Peter Scott

The wolf at the door: the trade union movement and overseas multinationals in Britain during the 1930s

Reference: Scott, P. (1998) The wolf at the door: the trade union movement and overseas multinationals in Britain during the 1930s. Social History, 23 (2). pp. 195-210. ISSN 1470-1200 doi: 10.1080/03071029808568031

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Professor Peter Scott

The location of early overseas multinationals in Britain, 1900-1939: patterns and determinants

Reference: Scott, P. (1998) The location of early overseas multinationals in Britain, 1900-1939: patterns and determinants. Regional Studies, 32 (6). pp. 489-501. ISSN 1360-0591 doi: 10.1080/00343409850119067

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British regional policy 1945-51: a lost opportunity

Reference: Scott, P. (1997) British regional policy 1945-51: a lost opportunity. Twentieth Century British History, 8 (3). pp. 358-382. ISSN 1477-4674 doi: 10.1093/tcbh/8.3.358

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Dispersion versus decentralisation: British location of industry policies and regional development 1945-60

Reference: Scott, P. (1997) Dispersion versus decentralisation: British location of industry policies and regional development 1945-60. Economy and Society, 26 (4). pp. 579-598. ISSN 1469-5766 doi: 10.1080/03085149700000030

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The property masters : a history of the British commercial property sector

Reference: Scott, P. (1996) The property masters : a history of the British commercial property sector. E & FN Spon, London, pp331. ISBN 9780419209508

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The worst of both worlds: British regional policy 1951-64

Reference: Scott, P. (1996) The worst of both worlds: British regional policy 1951-64. Business History, 38 (4). pp. 41-64. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076799600000134

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The new alchemy: Veblen's theory of crises and the 1974 British property and secondary banking crisis

Reference: Scott, P. (1996) The new alchemy: Veblen's theory of crises and the 1974 British property and secondary banking crisis. Journal of Economic Issues, 30 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1946-326X doi: 10.1080/00213624.1996.11505763

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Learning to multiply: the property market and the growth of multiple retailing in Britain, 1919-39

Reference: Scott, P. (1994) Learning to multiply: the property market and the growth of multiple retailing in Britain, 1919-39. Business History, 36 (3). pp. 1-28. ISSN 1743-7938 doi: 10.1080/00076799400000073

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The Comfortable, the Rich, and the Super-rich. What Really Happened to Top British Incomes During the First Half of the Twentieth Century?

The Impact of Stop-Go Demand Management Policy on Britain's Consumer Durables Industries, 1952-1965

The Service Cost – Unit Value Retail Continuum and the Demise of the American ‘Five and Dime’ Variety Store, 1914–1941

British Working-class Household Composition, Labour Supply and Commercial Leisure Participation during the 1930s

Demonstrating Distinction at ‘the Lowest Edge of the Black-coated Class’: The Family Expenditures of Edwardian Railway Clerks

Past Events

The 24th Annual Congress of the European Business History Association

10 September 2020 ❘

Association of Business Historians Annual Conference

26 June 2020 ❘

Specialisms

Housing
Consumer durables
Household behaviour
Inequality

Location

Room 150, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus

Professor Peter Scott

Professor of International Business History

Specialisms

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Publications Open

From “pin money” to careers: Britain’s late move to equal pay, its consequences, and broader implications

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The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain

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The booster, the snitch, and the bogus false arrest victim: retailers and shoplifters in inter-war America and Britain

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When GM met Austin: British and American variants of inter-war automobile mass production

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Capitals, occupational fields, and consumption preferences: an analysis of the British family expenditure survey (2009-2016)

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Patents, industry control, and the rise of the giant American corporation

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Not going out: television’s impacts on Britain’s commercial entertainment industries and popular leisure during the 1950s

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A “quiet victory”: National Provincial, Gibson Hall, and the switch from comprehensive redevelopment to urban preservation in 1960s London

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Inequality, living standards, and welfare provision

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Leisure, consumption and consumerism

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A fiscal constitutional crisis: tax avoidance and evasion in inter-war Britain

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The anatomy of Britain’s inter-war super-rich: reconstructing the 1928/9 'millionaire' population

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The “value” of business archives: assessing the academic importance of corporate archival collections

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General Motors' other franchise system: creating an effective distribution model for Frigidaire

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The comfortable, the rich, and the super-rich. What really happened to top British incomes during the first half of the twentieth century?

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“Forced selling”, domesticity, and the diffusion of washing-machines in inter-war America

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Friends in high places: government-industry relations in public sector house-building during Britain’s tower block era

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Rethinking business models in the Great Depression: the failure of America's vacuum cleaner industry

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Fundamental patents, national intellectual property regimes, and the development of new industries in Britain and America during the second industrial revolution

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Introduction: Leslie Hannah and business history in his time

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‘Stop-go’ policy and the restriction of post-war British house-building

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New perspectives on 20th-century European retailing

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The market makers: creating mass markets for consumer durables in inter-war Britain

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Large scale retailing, mass-market strategies and the blurring of class demarkations in Interwar Britain

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The impact of ‘stop-go’ demand management policy on Britain's consumer durables industries, 1952-65

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The only way is up: retail format saturation and the demise of the American five and dime store, 1914-1941

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Barriers to “industrialisation” for interwar British retailing? The case of Marks & Spencer Ltd.

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Bringing radio into America's homes: marketing new technology in the Great Depression

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The determinants of plant survival in the U.S. radio equipment industry during the Great Depression

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Demonstrating distinction at ‘the lowest edge of the black-coated class’: the family expenditures of Edwardian railway clerks

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British working-class household composition, labour supply, and commercial leisure participation during the 1930s

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When innovation becomes inefficient: reexamining Britain's radio industry

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The making of the British home: the suburban semi and family life between the wars

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The determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry

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Advertising, promotion, and the rise of a national building society movement in interwar Britain

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Working-class household consumption smoothing in interwar Britain

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The British ‘failure’ that never was? The Anglo-American ‘productivity gap’ in large-scale interwar retailing—evidence from the department store sector

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Did the 48-hour week damage Britain's industrial competitiveness?