Griggs, P. D. <br/><br/>
Global industry, local innovation  the history of cane sugar production in Australia, 1820-1995 /  [electronic resource] : 
Peter D. Griggs. 
 - Bern ;  New York :  Peter Lang,  c2011. 
 - xxxvi, 928 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sugar trade--History--Australia--19th century.<br/>Sugar trade--History--Australia--20th century.<br/>Sugar growing--History--Australia--19th century.<br/>Sugar growing--History--Australia--20th century.<br/>Sugar--Manufacture and refining--History--Australia--19th century.<br/>Sugar--Manufacture and refining--History--Australia--20th century.<br/>Sugarcane--History--Australia--19th century.<br/>Sugarcane--History--Australia--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia--Economic conditions--19th century.<br/>Australia--Economic conditions--20th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9118.A8  / G75 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.1/73610994