Overview
- Provides a history of the impact on New Zealand’s primary producers of Britain’s entry into the European Common Market
- Analyses New Zealand's economic and diplomatic history
- Takes a primary producer perspective on changes between 1945-75 rather than a purely political economy stance
- Of great interdisciplinary interest, including economics and agricultural historians, historical geographers, scholars of international trade and international relations
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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About this book
This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes in Britain, mainly as a consequence of that war, forced New Zealand to seek new markets for its exports, which were predominantly primary produce; notably meat, wool and dairy products. A key symbol of these changes was Britain becoming a member of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973 – how did this engagement with Europe impact on trade with a Commonwealth country? Significantly, rather than politicians and diplomats, voices of New Zealand’s primary producers (the 'backbone of the economy') are used to describe the country’s decolonisation in trade.
The volume traces how relationships between Britain and one of its main dominions evolved from their quasi-colonial relationship and how the dominion coped with breaking away from over-dependence on Britain not just in economic terms but also in sentimental terms. Hall provides an interesting overview of the final stages of decolonisation.
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Book Title: Emerging from an Entrenched Colonial Economy
Book Subtitle: New Zealand Primary Production, Britain and the EEC, 1945 - 1975
Authors: David Hall
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53016-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53015-4Published: 10 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85040-5Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53016-1Published: 27 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Agricultural Economics, Economy-wide Country Studies, Natural Resource and Energy Economics, International Political Economy