Building on Air - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-xiv

Glossary

pp xv-xviii

Introduction

pp 1-14

Part I - Defining an industry, 1886–1914

pp 15-86

1 - From oxygen to industry

pp 17-50

2 - Competition and cooperation in expanding markets to 1914

pp 51-86

Part II - Seeking equilibrium in an age of turbulence, 1914–1960

pp 87-200

3 - Strategy and structure: From the Great War to the early 1930s

pp 89-124

4 - The Great Depression, the Second World War, and the industrial gases industry

pp 125-168

5 - Reinventing the industry starting in the 1950s

pp 169-200

Part III - Mass production, specialization, and internationalization, 1960–1980

pp 201-342

6 - Internationalization of the industry: The UK and the European continent in the 1960s and 1970s

pp 203-253

7 - Internationalization of the industry: The U.S. market and the re-entry of the Europeans in the 1970s

pp 254-294

8 - Broadening the stage

pp 295-342

Part IV - Concentration, consolidation, and competition, 1980–2006

pp 343-439

9 - Contested markets and industry challenges in the 1980s

pp 345-392

10 - Globalization and growth through the turn of the twenty-first century

pp 393-439

Conclusion

pp 440-452

List of Archival Repositories Consulted

pp 453-454

Index

pp 455-465