Australia in the International Economy


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The authors trace the relationship between Australia's economic well being and the international economy from the late nineteenth-century onwards. This book fills the need for an introductory text in this area for undergraduate students of economics, politics and history and for the general reader who wishes to understand how the Australian economy operates.




Boom and Bust


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Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? Boom and Bust reveals why bubbles happen, and why some bubbles have catastrophic economic, social and political consequences, whilst others have actually benefited society.




Colonial Technology


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An important study of the transfer of technology to Australia in the nineteenth century.










The Politics of Work


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This book focuses on the workplace in Australia to look at how and why the nature of work changed during the period from the late nineteenth century to World War II.




Passions of the First Wave Feminists


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This work offers a new view of suffrage-era feminism in Australia, located in rich cultural, social and political context, which also presents a new view of the decades around federation.




Readings in Australian Economics


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