The Oxford History of Australia: 1770-1860, possessionsThe history of Australia from the 1770s to the 1860s is seen as tightly linked to events and ideologies in an age of revolution and in particular to the social problems of industrialising Britain. Australia was colonized by believers in political equality and economic liberty, and this volumetraces the development of the colonies into a stable society where organised sport prevented idleness and unrest among the lower orders and sectarianism and intercolonial rivalries absorbed the political energies of the middle classes. |
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The traders , however , were in an unusually strong position to pursue economic
selfinterest and make their own rules because of the growing political strength of
the industrial lobby in Britain and its attacks on the old mercantilist economic ...
The traders , however , were in an unusually strong position to pursue economic
selfinterest and make their own rules because of the growing political strength of
the industrial lobby in Britain and its attacks on the old mercantilist economic ...
Page 145
Whether or not these ardent , religious reformers saw their activities in economic
or political terms , the fact was that , as earlier during the Reformation , the
changing needs of an economy undergoing rapid expansion had called upon
religion ...
Whether or not these ardent , religious reformers saw their activities in economic
or political terms , the fact was that , as earlier during the Reformation , the
changing needs of an economy undergoing rapid expansion had called upon
religion ...
Page 343
Cf. E. Shann , An Economic History of Australia , CUP , Cambridge , 1930. ... in '
Primary Accumulation : The Genesis of Australian Capitalism ' , E. L. Wheelwright
and K. Buckley ( eds ) , Essays in the Political Economy of Australian Capitalism ...
Cf. E. Shann , An Economic History of Australia , CUP , Cambridge , 1930. ... in '
Primary Accumulation : The Genesis of Australian Capitalism ' , E. L. Wheelwright
and K. Buckley ( eds ) , Essays in the Political Economy of Australian Capitalism ...
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Contents
Male Convict Experience 17881804 | 32 |
Science and the South Pacific | 63 |
Free Trade | 91 |
Copyright | |
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