Making Rural Australia: An Economic History of Technical and Institutional Creativity, 1788-1860 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Making Rural Australia: An Economic History of Technical and Institutional Creativity, 1788-1860 Book

Making Rural Australia challenges two common by contradictory views of Australian history. One is the 'fatal shore': Australia was a place of horrible destitution and those miserable beginnings set the course for Australia of today. The other is the 'lucky country': European settlement began in a bountiful Arcadia and so wealth and prosperity have simply flowed forth, stifling creativity and technical and scientific endeavour. The book argues that successful European settlement of Australia owed a lot to its prodigious natural resources and to the technical and institutional creativity at the time.Read More

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  • 0195534204
  • 9780195534207
  • Geoffrey Raby
  • 7 March 1996
  • OUP Australia and New Zealand
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 240
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