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'Thoroughly researched, comprehensive ... The Rural Entrepreneurs is economic history in the traditional sense ...'. Times Literary Supplement
Book Description
Stock and station agents have been a key driving force behind rural-led economic development in Australia and New Zealand. By providing remote and inexperienced farmers with vital finance, marketing, and technical services and advice through expansion and crisis, they have filled an entrepreneurial gap. In the twentieth century, the leading agents expanded their range of activities and became some of Australasia's earliest nationwide firms and biggest businesses. The Rural Entrepreneurs provides new insights in understanding Australasia's rural history and economic development.
The Rural Entrepreneurs: A History of the Stock and Station Agent Industry in Australia and New Zealand,Simon Ville,Cambridge University Press,0521642655,Agriculture - General,Animal industry,Australia,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Commodities,Development - Economic Development,Economics - Macroeconomics,History,New Zealand,Wool industry,20th century,Agriculture & related industries,Animal industry--Australia--History,Australasian & Pacific history: c 1750 to c 1900,Australasian & Pacific history: from c 1900 -,Business & Economics / Macroeconomics,Economic history,Social history,c 1800 to c 1900
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