The Second Rush: Mining and the Transformation of Australia Contributor(s): Lee, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1925501140 ISBN-13: 9781925501148 Publisher: Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Technology & Engineering | Mining - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
Dewey: 338.274 |
LCCN: 2017433936 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.55 lbs) 464 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
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Publisher Description: The Second Rush is a history of the minerals boom in Australia over the half-century from the early 1960s to the end of the China minerals boom in 2012. The earlier substantial mining boom--the gold rush of the nineteenth century--created extraordinary prosperity. However, from 1901 to the 1950s, with a few exceptions, mining descended into the doldrums. In the 1940s mining was regarded as belonging to Australia's past and not to its future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, David: - David Lee is a historian of twentieth century Australian history and foreign policy. His publications include Australia and the World in the Twentieth Century, Melbourne, 2005 and Stanley Melbourne Bruce Australian Internationalist, London and New York, 2010. Since 2012 he has researched the modern history of mining in Australia |