Australian Trade Policy 1942-1966: A Documentary History
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the tumultuous decades following World War II, Australia's economic destiny was forged in the chambers of parliament and across the negotiating tables of international commerce — and Australian Trade Policy 1942-1966: A Documentary History presents an authoritative and meticulous record of this pivotal era. Compiled by the eminent economist and statesman J. G. Crawford, with the assistance of co-editors Nancy Anderson and Margery G. N. Morris, this documentary history chronicles the evolution of Australia's trade policy through a carefully curated selection of primary source documents, ministerial statements, and governmental records that shaped the nation's commercial relationships with the world. Crawford, one of Australia's most distinguished public servants and agricultural economists, brings unparalleled insider knowledge to this collection, having himself been a central architect of the very policies documented within. The work illuminates the strategic calculations, ideological tensions, and pragmatic compromises that defined Australia's transition from a wartime economy to a modern trading nation, capturing the shift in orientation from imperial preference toward a more diversified global engagement. For students of Australian economic history, political science, and public policy, this volume remains an indispensable primary resource — one that raises enduring questions about the forces that continue to shape Australia's place in the global economy.
Author: J. G. Crawford
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the tumultuous decades following World War II, Australia's economic destiny was forged in the chambers of parliament and across the negotiating tables of international commerce — and Australian Trade Policy 1942-1966: A Documentary History presents an authoritative and meticulous record of this pivotal era. Compiled by the eminent economist and statesman J. G. Crawford, with the assistance of co-editors Nancy Anderson and Margery G. N. Morris, this documentary history chronicles the evolution of Australia's trade policy through a carefully curated selection of primary source documents, ministerial statements, and governmental records that shaped the nation's commercial relationships with the world. Crawford, one of Australia's most distinguished public servants and agricultural economists, brings unparalleled insider knowledge to this collection, having himself been a central architect of the very policies documented within. The work illuminates the strategic calculations, ideological tensions, and pragmatic compromises that defined Australia's transition from a wartime economy to a modern trading nation, capturing the shift in orientation from imperial preference toward a more diversified global engagement. For students of Australian economic history, political science, and public policy, this volume remains an indispensable primary resource — one that raises enduring questions about the forces that continue to shape Australia's place in the global economy.