Investment In Australian Economic Development: 1861-1900
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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At the intersection of economic theory and colonial history stands a work of formidable scholarly ambition: N. G. Butlin's landmark study of capital formation and economic growth in nineteenth-century Australia. Spanning four transformative decades from 1861 to 1900, this rigorous academic treatise chronicles the patterns of private and public investment that shaped the Australian colonies during their most dynamic period of expansion, examining the forces that drove infrastructure development, pastoral industries, and urban construction across a rapidly modernising continent. Butlin, writing as Professor of Economic History at the Australian National University's Institute of Advanced Studies, presents a meticulous quantitative analysis that fundamentally challenged prevailing assumptions about colonial economic development. His work illustrates how capital flows, both domestic and imported, underpinned Australia's remarkable late-Victorian growth, arguing that the era's prosperity was neither accidental nor uniform, but the product of complex, measurable investment decisions. A cornerstone text of Australian economic historiography, this volume remains an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the financial architecture upon which modern Australia was built — and the vulnerabilities that the depression of the 1890s would so dramatically expose.
Author: N. G. Butlin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1976, Department of Economic History, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Genre: Australian history
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of economic theory and colonial history stands a work of formidable scholarly ambition: N. G. Butlin's landmark study of capital formation and economic growth in nineteenth-century Australia. Spanning four transformative decades from 1861 to 1900, this rigorous academic treatise chronicles the patterns of private and public investment that shaped the Australian colonies during their most dynamic period of expansion, examining the forces that drove infrastructure development, pastoral industries, and urban construction across a rapidly modernising continent. Butlin, writing as Professor of Economic History at the Australian National University's Institute of Advanced Studies, presents a meticulous quantitative analysis that fundamentally challenged prevailing assumptions about colonial economic development. His work illustrates how capital flows, both domestic and imported, underpinned Australia's remarkable late-Victorian growth, arguing that the era's prosperity was neither accidental nor uniform, but the product of complex, measurable investment decisions. A cornerstone text of Australian economic historiography, this volume remains an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the financial architecture upon which modern Australia was built — and the vulnerabilities that the depression of the 1890s would so dramatically expose.