{"product_id":"2026200010566-secondhand-the-rush-to-be-rich-a-history-of-the-colony-of-victoria-1883-1889","title":"The Rush To Be Rich: A History Of The Colony Of Victoria, 1883-1889","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First Ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Some tanning. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew eras in Australian history crackle with as much ambition, greed, and transformation as the boom years of colonial Victoria — and Geoffrey Serle's The Rush to be Rich is the definitive chronicle of that extraordinary period. Set against the backdrop of Victoria's rapid economic expansion between 1883 and 1889, the work presents a meticulous and authoritative account of a colony intoxicated by wealth, land speculation, and the relentless pursuit of prosperity, revealing how these forces sculpted the very foundations of modern Australia.\n\nSerle, a Reader in History at Monash University and Myer Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, brings rigorous scholarly discipline and a commanding narrative voice to this landmark study of colonial society. The Rush to be Rich argues that the speculative fever of the 1880s was not merely an economic episode but a defining cultural moment — one whose consequences resonated long after the inevitable crash. A work of enduring historical significance, it leaves the reader questioning just how much of that colonial hunger for wealth still pulses beneath the surface of Australian life today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130717020379,"sku":"2026200010566-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8ebbd108-2c62-4e1e-af44-4a4f2959da0d.png?v=1786589109","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010566-secondhand-the-rush-to-be-rich-a-history-of-the-colony-of-victoria-1883-1889","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}