Book Abstracts; Contents; 1: The Long Stagnation; Western Australian Economic Growth and the Role of Co-operation; The Imperial Inheritance and Pragmatic Co-operation; The Organisation of This Book; Bibliography; Theses; Secondary Sources; 2: Visions of English Co-operation in the Victorian Age: Western Australia's Intellectual Inheritance; The Fault-Lines in Co-operative Thinking and Practice; Utopianism Versus Pragmatism; The Goals of Co-operation; Robert Owen (1771-1858) and the Co-operative Ideal; Owen's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man"

Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy Structure of Owen's Co-operative Enterprise; Concluding Comments; John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow (1821-1911) and Christian Socialism; Ludlow's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man"; Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy; Structure of Ludlow's Co-operative Enterprises; Concluding Comments; J.S. Mill (1806-1873) and Liberal Socialism; Mill's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man"; Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy; Structure of Mill's Co-operative Enterprises

Concluding Comments J.T.W. Mitchell (1828-1895) and the Ascendency of Consumer Co-operation; Mitchell's Co-operative Vision: Transformation of Society and "Mutable Man"; Authoritarianism, Paternalism or Democracy; Structure of Mitchell's Co-operative Enterprises; Concluding Comments; Bibliography; Secondary Sources; 3: Imperial Demands, Local Imperatives; The Reticence of the Colonial Office; Fundamental Elements-Migration; Fundamental Elements-Land Alienation in the Settler Colonies; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Theses; Secondary Sources; 4: Charles Harper-A Life

Colonial Elitism Harper's Earliest Years; A Pioneering Bachelorhood; Settling Down; A Man of Business; Politics; The Changing Times; Religious and Civic Contributions; Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land; A Life in Service; Bibliography; Theses; Secondary Sources; 5: Bending Co-operation to the Western Australian Economic Problem; Harper and Countervailing Power; Co-operative-Based Countervailing Power and Government Financial and Legislative Support; Maintaining and Improving the Standard of Living; Government Monopolies and Government Legislative Support for Industry

Co-operatives Interposed Between Government and Agriculture The Many Forms of Government Aid to Co-operative Enterprises; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Theses; Secondary Sources; 6: Australian Colonial Socialism in Word and Deed: The Socialisation of Economic Problems in Colonial Australia; An Australian Form of Colonial Socialism; Charles Harper and Colonial Socialism in Western Australia; Solving the Transport Problem; Refrigeration and the Marketability of Produce; Providing Financial Support for Agriculturalists; Government Support for the Fertiliser Trade