For Good Measure: The Making of Australia's Measurement System

Todd, Jan

ISBN 10: 1741143632 / ISBN 13: 9781741143638

Published by Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, 2004

About this Item

Jacket has light general wear and no tears. A few tiny specks to top edge of page-block. Minor age-toning to page margins - otherwise internally clean. Binding tight. 290pp Size: 185mm x 255mm.

Seller Inventory # 014474

Bibliographic Details

• Title: For Good Measure: The Making of Australia's Measurement System
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1741143632
• ISBN 13: 9781741143638
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Australian and New Zealand History

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Synopsis

This book peels back the layers of history to show reasons, processes and consequences. As it traces the development of Australia's measurement system under the imperatives of trade, then the pressures of industrialisation, war, technological change and globalisation, the narrative reveals an enterprise that was often at odds with the character of our federated system of national governance and frequently constrained by governments with little understanding of their own measurement role.