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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures ix
- Tables xi
- Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
- Map xvi
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Weaving Analysis and Narrative 1
- Chapter 2. What Is to Be Explained, and How 11
- Chapter 3. Origins: An Economy Built from Scratch? 37
- Chapter 4. Squatting, Colonial Autocracy, and Imperial Policies 57
- Chapter 5. Becoming Very Rich 80
- Chapter 6. Depression, Drought, and Federation 113
- Chapter 7. A Succession of Negative Shocks 144
- Chapter 8. The Pacific War and the Second Golden Age 176
- Chapter 9. Shocks, Policy Shift s, and Another Long Boom 210
- Chapter 10. The Shifting Bases of Prosperity 246
- Appendix: Note on Statistics and Sources 257
- References 259
- Index 277
- Backmatter 282
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Figures ix
- Tables xi
- Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
- Map xvi
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Weaving Analysis and Narrative 1
- Chapter 2. What Is to Be Explained, and How 11
- Chapter 3. Origins: An Economy Built from Scratch? 37
- Chapter 4. Squatting, Colonial Autocracy, and Imperial Policies 57
- Chapter 5. Becoming Very Rich 80
- Chapter 6. Depression, Drought, and Federation 113
- Chapter 7. A Succession of Negative Shocks 144
- Chapter 8. The Pacific War and the Second Golden Age 176
- Chapter 9. Shocks, Policy Shift s, and Another Long Boom 210
- Chapter 10. The Shifting Bases of Prosperity 246
- Appendix: Note on Statistics and Sources 257
- References 259
- Index 277
- Backmatter 282