Global industry, local innovation : the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820 - 1995
Peter D. Griggs
| Year of publication: |
c 2011
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| Authors: | Griggs, Peter D. |
| Publisher: |
Bern [u.a.] : Lang |
| Subject: | Zuckeranbau | Sugar farming | Zuckerindustrie | Sugar industry | Zuckerpolitik | Sugar policy | Preisregulierung | Price regulation | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | Australien | Australia | Zuckerrohranbau | Zuckermarkt | Zuckerhandel | Agrarpolitik | Geschichte 1820-1995 | 1820-1995 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XXXVI, 928 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 22,5 x 15,5 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references An introduction -- Sugar cane and the production of sugar -- pt. 1. 1788 to 1863 : beginnings -- Intermittent attempts at sugar production -- The rise of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company -- pt. 2. 1864 to 1914 : becoming established -- The spread of sugar cane cultivation -- The production unit : planters, central millers, and small farmers -- Science and the canegrowers -- The milling sector -- Competing for the sugar basin : refiners, merchants, and the Australian sugar market -- pt. 3. 1915 to 1995 : expansion, export-orientated, and regulated -- A regulated expansion -- Growing the crop : cultivation methods, implements, and plant nutrition -- Managing water -- Breeding and improving cane varieties -- Combatting pests -- Defeating cane diseases -- Harvesting and transport of cane -- Regulating and modernising the milling sector -- The refining, marketing, and pricing of sugar. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-0343-0431-3 |
| Classification: | Australien, Neuseeland, Ozeanien ; Pflanzenproduktion: Allgemeines |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011528