The Australian Army Uniform and the Government Clothing Factory Innovation in the Twentieth Century /

• Main Author: van Mosseveld, Anneke (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Islands of the Pacific-History.; Military history.; Civilization-History.; Economic history.; History, Modern.; Australasian History.; History of Military.; Cultural History.; Economic History.; Modern History.

This book reveals the business history of the Australian Government Clothing Factory as it introduced innovative changes in the production and design of the Australian Army uniform during the twentieth century. While adopting a Schumpeterian interpretation of the concept of innovation, Anneke van Mo...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Military Uniforms and the Making of a National Industry
• Chapter 3. The Government Takes Control
• Chapter 4. The Clothing and Woollen Cloth Factories Following the First World War
• Chapter 5. The Clothing Factory during the 1930s and the Second World War
• Chapter 6. Building a New Clothing Factory - 1950s to 1971
• Chapter 7. Science Takes Command
• Chapter 8. Driving Forces of Military Innovation
• Chapter 9. Military Control over Intellectual Property
• Chapter 10. The Government Relinquishes Control
• Chapter 11. Conclusions
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• Index.