Mr Brooks and the Australian Trade: Imperial Business in the Nineteenth Century by Frank Broeze

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to right foredge. Dust jacket has light wear at top and tail with book tape on top spine edge.

A successful business, Robert Brook was one of the leaders of trade between Britain and Australia from the 1820s to the 1870s. He was active in all its sectors - shipping, commerce, finance, banking, investment and migration.

This dynamic and innovative business biography looks afresh at the economic relationship between Britain and Australia. It breaks new ground in systematically studying the wool trade, the sailing-ship industry and Australia's import trade. (book flap)