| Description |
viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Forming an Economy: Introduction -- Part II. The Colonial Peoplng of Australia: 1788-1850: 1. Introduction -- 2. Gross additions to the Australian population -- 3. The colonial population stock -- 4. Human capital in convicts -- Part III. Public Funding of Colonial Development: 1788-1850: 5. Introduction -- 6. British fiscal characteristics -- 7. The imperial fisc in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- 8. Broad relations between British and Australian fiscs to 1821 -- 9. The beginning of local budgeting: real and subterranean budgets -- 10. The conventional legal fisc in NSW: 1822-1950 -- Part IV. The Colonial Australian Economy 1810-1840: A Historical, Statistical and Analytical Account: 11. Summary and questions -- 12. Towards a private market economy in Australia 1810-1840 -- 13. Structural adjustment and development 1810-1840 -- 14. Growth performance -- 15. Instability with special reference to the Depression of the 1840s and recovery -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- Index |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive account of the development of Australia's colonial economy before the gold rushes. Noel Butlin's analysis of the developing economy provides a background discussion of eighteenth-century British social, economic and military history and a detailed demographic analysis of the Australian population over a period of sixty years. He goes on to explore the role of private investment in the economy and how dependence on the British public purse was replaced by a dependence on private British capital inflow. One of Professor Butlin's most interesting approaches is to consider Australia not as a convict imperial project but a major act of British public investment. A key focus of the work is the extent to which the Australian economy was independent or externally driven, that is, the level of synergism between Australia and Britain. Within this framework, Noel Butlin discusses the central issues of human capital and funding and their impact on the formation of the Australian economy. He examines how the economy developed in two different directions: the exploitation of natural resources and the growth of urban-oriented activities. Professor Butlin notes that this is a theme which has continued throughout Australia's modern history |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Economic conditions History, 1788-1851 |
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Australia |
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Economic conditions History, 1788-1851 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 227-234 |
| Notes |
Also available online |
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English |
| Subject |
Economics -- History.
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Finance, Public -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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Labor -- Australia -- History -- 19th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562
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Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1788-1851
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Australia -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585 -- 1788-1851 -- Statistics
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Australia -- Population http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114319 -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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Australia -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009585
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Australia -- Population.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114319
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United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056642
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United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Australia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
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United Kingdom -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056675
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| LC no. |
94016623 |
| ISBN |
0521440068 |
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0521445817 (paperback) |
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