Imperial Theory and Colonial Pragmatism : Charles Harper, Economic Development and Agricultural Co-operation in Australia

Book Abstracts -- Contents -- 1: The Long Stagnation -- Western Australian Economic Growth and the Role of Co-operation -- The Imperial Inheritance and Pragmatic Co-operation -- The Organisation of This Book -- Bibliography -- Theses -- Secondary Sources -- 2: Visions of English Co-operation in the Victorian Age: Western Australia's Intellectual Inheritance -- The Fault-Lines in Co-operative Thinking and Practice -- Utopianism Versus Pragmatism -- The Goals of Co-operation -- Robert Owen (1771-1858) and the Co-operative Ideal -- Owen's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man" -- Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy -- Structure of Owen's Co-operative Enterprise -- Concluding Comments -- John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow (1821-1911) and Christian Socialism -- Ludlow's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man" -- Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy -- Structure of Ludlow's Co-operative Enterprises -- Concluding Comments -- J.S. Mill (1806-1873) and Liberal Socialism -- Mill's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man" -- Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy -- Structure of Mill's Co-operative Enterprises -- Concluding Comments -- J.T.W. Mitchell (1828-1895) and the Ascendency of Consumer Co-operation -- Mitchell's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man" -- Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy -- Structure of Mitchell's Co-operative Enterprises -- Concluding Comments -- Bibliography -- Secondary Sources -- 3: Imperial Demands, Local Imperatives -- The Reticence of the Colonial Office -- Fundamental Elements-Migration -- Fundamental Elements-Land Alienation in the Settler Colonies -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Theses -- Secondary Sources -- 4: Charles Harper-A Life -- Colonial Elitism -- Harper's Earliest Years