An Economic History of Australia

Originally published in 1930, this book provides an account of Australian economic development from 1788 up until the early twentieth century.

Edward Shann (Author)

9781316601679, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 February 2016

472 pages
21.5 x 14 x 3.1 cm, 0.64 kg

Originally published in 1930, this book provides an account of Australian economic development from 1788 up until the early twentieth century. The text is divided into three main sections: 'Convicts, Wool, and Gold 1788–1860'; 'Colonial Particularism 1860–1900'; 'The Commonwealth'. Notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in perspectives on the development of Australia and economic history.

Preface
Part I. Convicts, Wool, and Gold, 1788–1860: 1. Governor Phillip and the establishment
2. The New South Wales corps
3. A conflict of evils
4. 'Governor Macquarie's bank'
5. An autocrat in a hurry
6. John Bull's greater woolsack
7. Pioneering in the pastoral industry
8. Shepherding and marketing
9. Free colonies and assisted migration
10. From transportation to family life
11. The gold rushes of 1851–60
Part II. Colonial Particularism, 1860–1900: 12. 'Unlocking the land' in New South Wales
13. Agricultural settlement in the southern colonies
14. Plantation slavery and secession for North Queensland
15. An apostle of restriction
16. Inland transport
17. The land boom
18. Labour shows fight
19. The bank smash and economic reconstruction
20. Back to colonizing
Part III. The Commonwealth: 21. The origins and extension of wage-fixing
22. Strength and protection
23. How tariff protection grows
24. 'Protection all round'
Index.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]