Imperial theory and colonial pragmatism : Charles Harper, economic development and agricultural co-operation in Australia /

This book considers the role played by co-operative agriculture as a critical economic model which, in Australia, helped build public capital, drive economic development and impact political arrangements. In the case of colonial Western Australia, the story of agricultural co-operation is inseparabl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilchrist, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, [2017]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Palgrave studies in the history of economic thought series.
Temas:
Socialism > Australia.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Australia.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Australie.
Australasian & Pacific history.
Agricultural science.
Colonialism & imperialism.
Development economics & emerging economies.
Economic history.
History > Australia & New Zealand.
Business & Economics > Industries > Agribusiness.
History > General.
Business & Economics > Development > General.
Business & Economics > Economics > General.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Economic history
Socialism
Australia > Economic conditions.
Australie > Conditions économiques.
Australia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: The Long Stagnation
  • Chapter 2: Visions of English Co-operation in the Victorian Age: Western Australia's Intellectual Inheritance
  • Chapter 3: Imperial Demands, Local Imperatives
  • Chapter 4: Charles Harper: A Life
  • Chapter 5: Bending Co-operation to the Western Australian Economic Problem
  • Chapter 6: Australian Colonial Socialism in Word and Deed: The Socialisation of Economic Problems in Colonial Australia
  • Chapter 7: A Step Too Far: Western Australian State Socialism (1918-1939).

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