Screen LibraryEmerging from an Entrenched Colonial Economy : New Zealand Primary Production, Britain and the EEC, 1945 - 1975 /
This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes in Br...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53016-1 |
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This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes in Britain, mainly as a consequence of that war, forced New Zealand to seek new markets for its exports, which were predominantly primary produce; notably meat, wool and dairy products. A key symbol of these changes was Britain becoming a member of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973 how did |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XVII, 339 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319530161 |
| Index Number: | HC |
| CLC: | F155.19 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Changing Relations -- Chapter 3: A Brutal Snapping of the Anglo New Zealand Nexus? -- Chapter 4: Meat and the British Market -- Chapter 5: Diversification of Meat Exports -- Chapter 6: Dairy and the British Market -- Chapter 7: Diversification of Dairy Exports -- Chapter 8: Wool marketing and Reform -- Chapter 9: Handling the Threat to Wool from Synthetics -- Chapter 10: Conclusion. |