Debtor's War. Scottish capitalists and the economic crisis in Australia, 1841-1846

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Author(s) MacMillan, David S
Publication type Monograph
Year published 1960
Pages 90pp
Publisher F W Cheshire
Place Published Melbourne VIC

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Name Investors & investor behaviour

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Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the economic and political crisis in Australia, notably New South Wales, and in particular the experiences and responses of the Scottish-based Scottish Australia Co as recorded in its archives. Has chapters: 'Background to conflict'; 'The remedies of desperation'; 'Colonial solidarity and Scottish tenacity'; 'The onset of compromise'. Appendices include list / addresses of shareholders in SAC and the SAC's contract of copartnery