His royal highness the duke of edinurgh's study conference on the human problems of indiustrial communities within the commonwealth and empire (1956)

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh's Stay Conference se Oxford is July 1956 was cerned with the human problems of industrial communities within the Commonwealth and Em pire. Members of the Conference, drawn from all levels of industry and from all parts of the Commonwealth and Empire, discussed the impact of industrialization opon such varied communities as those of East, West and South Africa, India and the Carib bean, as well as upon older industrial countries.

Volume 1 of the Report contains a Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, introductory chapters by Sir Harold Hartley, Sir Reginald Verdon Smith, Sir Alexander Fleck and Sir Thomas Williamson, together with all the addresses, the final sum ming-up by Sir Philip Morris, and the reports of the 20 Study Groups which were the working units of the Con ference.

Volume II contains the 25 Background Papers, which were specially contri buted for the Conference by writers both in the United Kingdom and from many parts of the Commonwealth and Empire, together with some notes on the internal organization of the Con ference.