Mr. Brooks and the Australian Trade

Imperial Business in the Nineteenth Century

• Author(s): Frank Broeze,
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
• Pages: 375
• ISBN_10: 0522845746
  ISBN_13: 9780522845747
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Commerce , History / General , History / Australia & New Zealand ,

Description:... This dynamic and innovative business biography looks afresh at the economic relationship between Britain and Australia. It breaks new ground in systematically studying the wool trade, the sailing-ship industry, Australia's import trade, the rise of the City of London and the financial services sector of the British economy, the relationship between business and government, private merchant financing and the connection between corporate and private finance.