Global industry, local innovation the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820-1995 /

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Autore principale:	Griggs, P. D. (Peter D.)
Ente Autore:	ebrary, Inc
Natura:	Elettronico eBook
Lingua:	inglese
Pubblicazione:	Bern ; New York : Peter Lang, c2011.
Soggetti:	Sugar trade > Australia > History > 19th century. Sugar trade > Australia > History > 20th century. Sugar growing > Australia > History > 19th century. Sugar growing > Australia > History > 20th century. Sugar > Manufacture and refining > Australia > History > 19th century. Sugar > Manufacture and refining > Australia > History > 20th century. Sugarcane > Australia > History > 19th century. Sugarcane > Australia > History > 20th century. Australia > Economic conditions > 19th century. Australia > Economic conditions > 20th century. Electronic books.
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Sommario:

An introduction
Sugar cane and the production of sugar
pt. 1. 1788 to 1863 : beginnings
Intermittent attempts at sugar production
The rise of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company
pt. 2. 1864 to 1914 : becoming established
The spread of sugar cane cultivation
The production unit : planters, central millers, and small farmers
Science and the canegrowers
The milling sector
Competing for the sugar basin : refiners, merchants, and the Australian sugar market
pt. 3. 1915 to 1995 : expansion, export-orientated, and regulated
A regulated expansion
Growing the crop : cultivation methods, implements, and plant nutrition
Managing water
Breeding and improving cane varieties
Combatting pests
Defeating cane diseases
Harvesting and transport of cane
Regulating and modernising the milling sector
The refining, marketing, and pricing of sugar.

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