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Massy Charles |
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Breaking the sheep's back : the shocking true story of the decline and fall of the Australian wool industry / / Charles Massy |
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St Lucia, Queensland : , : University of Queensland Press, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (478 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sheep - Government policy - Australia |
Sheep industry - Government policy - Australia |
Corporations - Corrupt practices - Australia |
Political corruption - Australia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover ; Author bio ; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acronyms and Glossary; Epigraph; Introduction; Part I: The Rise of Statutory Intervention - 1840 to 1947; 1 'An inexorable current'; 2 Of patriots, government princes and wool emperors; 3 The binary choice - 1950s to 1958; 4 'If the play gets rough, I can mix it'; 5 'Marketing mesmerism' - 1966 to 1969; 6 'All your danger is in discord!' - McEwenism to late 1960s; 7 'The spontaneous uprising of the unwashed peasantry' - the great wool coup of 1970; 8 'Without ever admitting to having done so'; 9 'Requiring the wisdom of Solomon' |
10 'No retreat' in a fool's paradise - 1976 to 198111 With the cylinders all loaded - 1982 to 1987; Part II Setting the Floor - 1986 to June 1988; 12 'A contagion'; 13 The start of the great bull run - late 1987 to January 1988; 14 Hubris - early 1988; 15 'On a collision course with the AWC board' - February to May 1988; 16 The folie de grandeur; 17 'The price that could floor the wool industry' - May to 24 June 1988; Part III Into the Rapids - July 1988 to April 1990; 18 'In so deep it must keep going' - July 1988 to December 1989; 19 'A nightmare in the making' - late 1989 to February 1990 |
20 'No time for hard hats' - February to April 199021 'Flying blind without radar'; Part IV Into the Bunker; 22 'Encouraged into bad cul-de-sacs' - Autumn 1990; 23 'Let them eat mobile phones' - April to May |
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