The Land Boomers

by Michael Cannon

The extraordinary study of boomtime Australia by Michael Cannon, now profusely illustrated with contemporary, photographs, cartoons and etchings. Boom or bust? What was the truth of the great land booms that swept Australia in the 1880s and 1890s? How was it that some speculators amassed prodigious fortunes, while others went so spectacularly broke? Seventy years after the events, historian Michael Cannon began sifting through thousands of records...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522846637
• ISBN13: 9780522846638
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.0"