Monopoly control : government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988 /: government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988. (2023)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Monopoly control : government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988 /: government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Monopoly control : government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988
- Further Information:
- Note: Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen.
- Authors:
- Abbott, Malcolm, 1963-
(Consultant), Cohen, Bruce - Contents:
- Part I: Setting the framework.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Australian economic development and network utilities.- Part II: The construction of the new infrastructure: the 19th century.- Chapter 3: Infrastructure development: industrialisation, institutions, private interests, and public capital investment.- Chapter 4: The colonial post office.- Chapter 5: Local supply networks: water and gas.- Chapter 6: Railways: emergence and development.- Part III: A new nation and its networks: 1901 to 1945.- Chapter 7: Infrastructure provision for a new nation.- Chapter 8: The development of telecommunications.- Chapter 9: Urban amenities: electricity, gas, and tramways.- Chapter 10: The railways: growth and decline.- Part IV: The post-war era: 1945 to 1988.- Chapter 11: The post-war world.- Chapter 12: Telecommunications: extending the network.- Chapter 13: Urban growth and change.- Chapter 14: Transport: a new way forward.- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 15: Economic policy, service delivery, and productivity.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (374 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
- Subjects:
- 338.7490994
Government ownership -- Australia -- History
Communication -- Australia -- History
Transportation -- Australia -- History
Public utilities -- Australia -- History
Economic development -- Australia
Australia -- Economic policy -- History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9789819927265
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789819927258
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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