Samurai in the Surf : the Arrival of the Japanese on the Gold Coast in the 1980s.
Readable, fast-paced & fascinating account of the 1980s property boom on the Gold Coast spurred by a flood of Japanese investment.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Canberra :
Pandanus Books,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; Japan and the creation of its bubble economy; 'Australia ... so much sunshine ... so much space ... so cheap'; Japanese investors: doing it their way on the Gold Coast; Japanese investors: from company executives to pop stars; The Gold Coast gatekeepers and intermediaries; The Gold Coast of the Japanese; Yen power stirs national angst; Governments buffeted by cross-currents of public pressure, interests and ideologies; Postscript: the bubble bursts; Appendix.