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Economic Relations Between Britain and Australia from the 1940s-196

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Australasia in Context

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 1-25
  3. Australia, New Zealand, and International Reconstruction

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 26-49
  4. Development Policy in Australia

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 50-74
  5. Development Policy in New Zealand

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 75-98
  6. Stresses in the Ottawa System

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 99-122
  7. The Search for New Markets

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 123-145
  8. Britain, the Commonwealth, and Europe, 1945–60

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 146-165
  9. Britain’s First EEC Application

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 166-189
  10. After the Veto: Trade Policy in the Mid-1960s

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 190-213
  11. Conclusion

    • John Singleton, Paul L Robertson
    Pages 214-218
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 219-289

About this book

In the early postwar era, Britain enjoyed a very close economic relationship with Australia and New Zealand through their common membership of the Sterling Area and the Commonwealth Preference Area. This book examines the breakdown of this relationship in the 1950 and 1960s. Britain and Australasia were driven apart by disputes over industrial protection, agriculture, capital supplies, and relations with other countries. Special emphasis is given to the implications for Australia and New Zealand of Britain's growing interest in European integration.

About the authors

JOHN SINGLETON is Senior Lecturer in Economic History at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His previous books are Lancashire on the Scrapheap: the Cotton Industry, 1945-70, The World Textile Industry, and co-edited with R.M.Milward, The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain 1920-1950.

PAUL L. ROBERTSON is Professor of Management at the University of Wollongong in Australia. Among his previous publications are The British Shipbuilding Industry, 1870-1914 (co-editor Sidney Pollard), and Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions (co-editor R.N.Langlois).

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