{"product_id":"2026100010876-secondhand-economic-growth-of-australia-1788-1821","title":"Economic Growth Of Australia: 1788-1821","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded cover and creased spine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment the First Fleet dropped anchor in 1788, Australia's economic destiny began to take shape — Economic Growth of Australia: 1788–1821 chronicles the formative decades of a nascent colonial economy, tracing its turbulent evolution from a penal outpost into a functioning and increasingly complex society. Edited by G. J. Abbott and N. B. Nairn, this scholarly anthology assembles a rigorous collection of essays that detail the structures of early colonial trade, labour, land use, and governance, illuminating the raw economic forces that shaped the continent's earliest European settlements. The period covered — from British colonisation to the dawn of the 1820s — represents one of the most dynamic and understudied eras in Australian economic history, and this volume presents primary arguments and analysis with impressive academic authority.\n\nAbbott and Nairn bring together contributions that argue convincingly for a reassessment of Australia's colonial past, moving beyond mere political narrative to uncover the deeply embedded economic imperatives that drove British expansion in the Pacific. The editors' scholarly framework situates each essay within a broader historiographical tradition, making this volume an indispensable reference for students and historians alike. Published by Melbourne University Press, the work stands as a landmark in Australian economic historiography — and once you begin reading, the question of how a continent built on convict labour became one of the world's most prosperous nations becomes impossible to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572638814427,"sku":"2026100010876-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e0a62798-12d1-4a91-add8-f89336f76e70.png?v=1791167082","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010876-secondhand-economic-growth-of-australia-1788-1821","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}