Monopoly Control : Government Ownership and Control of Network Utility Industries in Australia from 1788 to 1988

by Malcolm Abbott, Bruce Cohen

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.

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Year of publication:	2023
Authors:	Abbott, Malcolm J. ; Cohen, Bruce
Publisher:	2023.: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore 2023.: Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Network utilities \| Economics \| Australian history \| Monopolies \| Australian economic development \| Australian network utilities \| Infrastructure development in Australia \| Railway development in Australia \| Development of telecommunications in Australia \| Urban amenities in Australia \| Economic policy in Australia \| Service delivery in Australia \| Productivity growth in Australia \| Australien \| Australia \| Versorgungswirtschaft \| Public utilities \| Monopol \| Monopoly \| Telekommunikation \| Telecommunications \| Wirtschaftspolitik \| Economic policy