Preface and acknowledgments
Map
Introduction : weaving analysis and narrative
What is to be explained, and how comparative levels of gdp per capita -booms, busts, and stagnation in domestic prosperity
Origins : an economy built from scratch?
Squatting, colonial autocracy, and imperial policies
Becoming very rich
Depression, drought, and federation
A succession of negative shocks
The pacific war and the second golden age
Shocks, policy shifts, and another long boom
The shifting bases of prosperity
References
Index.