Monopoly control : government ownership and control of network utility industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988 / Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen

Bib ID:
10007548
Format:
Book
Author:
Abbott, Malcolm, 1963-, author
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Description:
  • Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer, [2023]
  • 1 online resource ( xvi, 376 pages) : illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
  • 9789819927265 (electronic book)
  • 9819927269 (electronic book)
Invalid ISBN:
9789819927258
Full contents:
  • Part I: Setting the framework
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Australian economic development and network utilities
  • Part II: The construction of the new infrastructure: the 19th century
  • Chapter 3: Infrastructure development: industrialisation, institutions, private interests, and public capital investment
  • Chapter 4: The colonial post office
  • Chapter 5: Local supply networks: water and gas
  • Chapter 6: Railways: emergence and development
  • Part III: A new nation and its networks: 1901 to 1945
  • Chapter 7: Infrastructure provision for a new nation
  • Chapter 8: The development of telecommunications
  • Chapter 9: Urban amenities: electricity, gas, and tramways
  • Chapter 10: The railways: growth and decline
  • Part IV: The post-war era: 1945 to 1988
  • Chapter 11: The post-war world
  • Chapter 12: Telecommunications: extending the network
  • Chapter 13: Urban growth and change
  • Chapter 14: Transport: a new way forward
  • Part V: Conclusion
  • Chapter 15: Economic policy, service delivery, and productivity.
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 30, 2023).
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Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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