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Samurai in the surf : the arrival of the Japanese on the Gold Coast in the 1980s / Joe Hajdu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hajdu, Joseph, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese--Australia--Queensland.
- Japanese.
- Investments, Japanese--Australia--Gold Coast (Qld.).
- Investments, Japanese.
- Tourism--Australia--Gold Coast (Qld.).
- Tourism.
- Gold Coast (Qld.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra : Pandanus Books, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Readable, fast-paced & fascinating account of the 1980's property boom on the Gold Coast spurred by a flood of Japanese investment.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; Japan and the creation of its bubble economy; 'Australia … so much sunshine … so much space... so cheap'; Japanese investors: doing it their way on the Gold Coast; Japanese investors: from company executives to pop stars; The Gold Coast gatekeepers and intermediaries; The Gold Coast of the Japanese; Yen power stirs national angst; Governments buffeted by cross-currents of public pressure, interests and ideologies; Postscript: the bubble bursts; Appendix;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical refeneces.
- ISBN:
- 9781740761604
- 1-74076-160-X
- OCLC:
- 64434501
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