Part 1 The rise of Fordism: Management and labour in Britain 1896-1939; management and labour in France 1914-39; management and labour in Italy 1906-45. Part 2 Industrial relations in the age of Fordism: Shop-floor bargaining, contract unionism and job control - an Anglo-American comparison; Reutherism on the shop floor - union strategy and shop-floor conflict in the USA 1946-70; the rise and fall of shop-floor bargaining at Fiat 1945-80; industrial relations in the Japanese automobile industry 1945-70 - the case of Toyota. Part 3 Beyond Fordism?: The automobile industry in transition - product market changes and firm strategies in the 1970s and 1980s; product and labour strategies in Japan; the new international division of labour, labour markets and automobile production - the case of Mexico; new production concepts in West German car plants; recent developments in US auto labour relations; labour-relations strategy at BL cars.