{"product_id":"2026200012989-secondhand-the-land-boomers","title":"The Land Boomers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the feverish boom years of 1880s Melbourne, fortunes were made overnight and lost just as swiftly, as speculators, swindlers, and dreamers rode a tidal wave of reckless land speculation that would ultimately crash into one of Australia's most catastrophic financial collapses. The Land Boomers chronicles the audacious players who fuelled this extraordinary era of excess — the bankers, politicians, and property sharks who built paper empires on borrowed money and inflated promises, reshaping the very face of a city intoxicated by its own ambition.\n\nMichael Cannon brings the precision of a seasoned historian and the narrative drive of a born storyteller to this landmark work of Australian social and economic history. Drawing on meticulous primary research, he presents a vivid and damning portrait of greed, hubris, and institutional failure, illustrating how an entire colony was seduced by the illusion of limitless prosperity. A sobering and gripping account, The Land Boomers raises urgent questions about speculative excess and collective delusion that resonate far beyond the colonial era — leaving the reader to wonder just how much has truly changed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210236895451,"sku":"2026200012989-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/75cf3513-fefe-4cab-83b5-03ffe451b421.png?v=1788267792","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012989-secondhand-the-land-boomers","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}