The Tariff In The Australian Colonies 1856-1900
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At the crossroads of commerce and colonial ambition, The Tariff in the Australian Colonies 1856–1900 presents a rigorous examination of one of the defining economic battlegrounds of nineteenth-century Australia. Patterson chronicles the fierce debates, legislative manoeuvres, and competing interests that shaped tariff policy across the Australian colonies in the decades leading up to Federation, illuminating how questions of trade protection and free trade became central to colonial identity and political life. The work details the divergent approaches taken by colonies such as Victoria and New South Wales, whose opposing stances on protectionism versus free trade generated tensions that would ultimately help drive the push for a unified federal system. Patterson argues with scholarly precision that tariff policy was never merely an economic matter, but a deeply political and ideological contest that reflected broader anxieties about colonial development, labour, and sovereignty. His analysis draws on a wealth of primary sources to illustrate how the architecture of trade legislation laid the groundwork for the economic frameworks inherited by the Commonwealth of Australia after 1901. For readers with an interest in Australian economic history, political development, or the mechanics of colonial governance, this volume remains an authoritative and indispensable study — one that raises enduring questions about the relationship between economic policy and national formation.
Author: G. D. Patterson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, F. W. Cheshire
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed/tanning. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the crossroads of commerce and colonial ambition, The Tariff in the Australian Colonies 1856–1900 presents a rigorous examination of one of the defining economic battlegrounds of nineteenth-century Australia. Patterson chronicles the fierce debates, legislative manoeuvres, and competing interests that shaped tariff policy across the Australian colonies in the decades leading up to Federation, illuminating how questions of trade protection and free trade became central to colonial identity and political life. The work details the divergent approaches taken by colonies such as Victoria and New South Wales, whose opposing stances on protectionism versus free trade generated tensions that would ultimately help drive the push for a unified federal system. Patterson argues with scholarly precision that tariff policy was never merely an economic matter, but a deeply political and ideological contest that reflected broader anxieties about colonial development, labour, and sovereignty. His analysis draws on a wealth of primary sources to illustrate how the architecture of trade legislation laid the groundwork for the economic frameworks inherited by the Commonwealth of Australia after 1901. For readers with an interest in Australian economic history, political development, or the mechanics of colonial governance, this volume remains an authoritative and indispensable study — one that raises enduring questions about the relationship between economic policy and national formation.