| Description |
xxvii, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 14.Hubris---early 1988 -- 15.̀On a collision course with the AWC board'---February to May 1988 -- 16.The folie de grandeur: The Wool Corporation board---1988 -- 17.̀The price that could floor the wool industry'---May to 24 June 1988 -- pt. III Into the Rapids---July 1988 to April 1990 -- 18.̀In so deep it must keep going'---July 1988 to December 1989 -- 19.̀A nightmare in the making'---late 1989 to February 1990 -- 20.̀No time for hard hats'---February to April 1990 -- 21.̀Flying blind without radar': IWS shenanigans---from late 1989 -- pt. IV Into the Bunker -- 22.̀Encouraged into bad cul-de-sacs'---Autumn 1990 -- 23.̀Let them eat mobile phones'---April to May 1990 -- 24.̀More to do with egos than economics'---17 to 21 May 1990 -- 25.Last stand at Roma---21 to 27 May 1990 -- 26.The fatal cut---28 May to 6 June 1990 -- pt. V Denouement -- 27.̀No better than incompetent gamblers'---June to September 1990 -- |
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Contents note continued: 28.̀Nothing short of insanity'---September to November 1990 -- 29.The insurgency---October 1990 to January 1991 -- 30.The crash---mid January to 11 February 1991 -- pt. VI The Aftermath -- 31.̀Death by ten thousand cuts'---February 1991 to today -- 32.Counting the costs |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Rise of Statutory Intervention---1840 to 1987 -- 1.̀An inexorable current': The political antecedents of disaster---1840 to 1951 -- 2.Of patriots, government princes and wool emperors -- 3.The binary choice---1950s to 1958 -- 4.̀If the play gets rough, I can mix it': Bill Gunn, wool warrior---1958 to 1965 -- 5.̀Marketing mesmerism'---1966 to 1969 -- 6.̀All your danger is in discord!'---McEwenism to late 1960s -- 7.̀The spontaneous uprising of the unwashed peasantry'---the great wool coup of 1970 -- 8.̀Without ever admitting to having done so': The Wool Commission---up to December 1972 -- 9.̀Requiring the wisdom of Solomon': The Wool Corporation---1973 to 1975 -- 10.̀No retreat' in a fool's paradise---1976 to 1981 -- 11.With the cylinders all loaded---1982 to 1987 -- pt. II Setting the Floor---1986 to June 1988 -- 12.̀A contagion': The wool boom---up to 1988 -- 13.The start of the great bull run---late 1987 to January 1988 -- |
| Summary |
From the author of the influential The Australian Merino comes the shocking true story of the decline and fall of the Australian wool empire a tale that features a brace of Australian characters, political skulduggery and betrayal on a massive scale. Breaking the Sheep's Back is the untold story of Australia's biggest business disaster |
| Notes |
"The shocking true story of the decline and fall of the Australian wool industry" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Australian Wool Corporation.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Australia.
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Political corruption -- Australia.
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Sheep -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Sheep industry -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Wool industry -- Government policy -- Australia.
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| ISBN |
0702238856 |
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9780702238857 (paperback) |
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9780702246821 (pdf) |
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9780702246838 (epub) |
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9780702246845 (kindle) |
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