Breaking the sheep's back : the shocking true story of the decline and fall of the Australian wool industry /

From the author of the influential The Australian Merino comes the shocking true story of the decline and fall of the Australian wool empire a tale that features a brace of Australian characters, political skulduggery and betrayal on a massive scale. Breaking the Sheep's Back is the untold stor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Massy, Charles (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Saint Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, [2011]
Temas:
Australian Wool Corporation.
Australian Wool Corporation
Sheep > Government policy > Australia.
Sheep industry > Government policy > Australia.
Corporations > Corrupt practices > Australia.
Political corruption > Australia.
Moutons > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Moutons > Industrie > Politique gouvernementale > Australie.
Sociétés > Pratiques déloyales > Australie.
Corporations > Corrupt practices
Political corruption
Sheep industry > Government policy
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Author bio ; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acronyms and Glossary; Epigraph; Introduction; Part I: The Rise of Statutory Intervention
  • 1840 to 1947; 1 'An inexorable current'; 2 Of patriots, government princes and wool emperors; 3 The binary choice
  • 1950s to 1958; 4 'If the play gets rough, I can mix it'; 5 'Marketing mesmerism'
  • 1966 to 1969; 6 'All your danger is in discord!'
  • McEwenism to late 1960s; 7 'The spontaneous uprising of the unwashed peasantry'
  • the great wool coup of 1970; 8 'Without ever admitting to having done so'; 9 'Requiring the wisdom of Solomon'
  • 10 'No retreat' in a fool's paradise
  • 1976 to 198111 With the cylinders all loaded
  • 1982 to 1987; Part II Setting the Floor
  • 1986 to June 1988; 12 'A contagion'; 13 The start of the great bull run
  • late 1987 to January 1988; 14 Hubris
  • early 1988; 15 'On a collision course with the AWC board'
  • February to May 1988; 16 The folie de grandeur; 17 'The price that could floor the wool industry'
  • May to 24 June 1988; Part III Into the Rapids
  • July 1988 to April 1990; 18 'In so deep it must keep going'
  • July 1988 to December 1989; 19 'A nightmare in the making'
  • late 1989 to February 1990.
  • 20 'No time for hard hats'
  • February to April 199021 'Flying blind without radar'; Part IV Into the Bunker; 22 'Encouraged into bad cul-de-sacs'
  • Autumn 1990; 23 'Let them eat mobile phones'
  • April to May 1990; 24 'More to do with egos than economics'
  • 17 to 21 May 1990; 25 Last stand at Roma
  • 21 to 27 May 1990; 26 The fatal cut
  • 28 May to 6 June 1990; Part V DENOUEMENT; 27 'No better than incompetent gamblers'
  • June to September 1990; 28 'Nothing short of insanity'
  • September to November 1990; 29 The insurgency
  • October 1990 to January 1991.
  • 30 The crash
  • mid January to 11 February 1991Part VI The Aftermath; 31 'Death by ten thousand cuts'
  • February 1991 to today; 32 Counting the costs; Afterword; Acknowledgements; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; Picture Section; Imprint Page.

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