Chinese market gardening in Australia and New Zealand : gardens of prosperity /: gardens of prosperity. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joanna Boileau.
• Authors: Boileau, Joanna, 1953-
• Contents: Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand; Acknowledgements; A Note on Romanisation of Chinese; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Maps; 1 Introduction; Technologies of Mobility; Multidisciplinary Approaches; The Chinese Diaspora and Australasia; Notes; 2 The Human Resource; Journeys to the Antipodes; Chinese Horticultural Traditions; Field Systems and Multicropping; Manuring; Individual Care of Plants; Irrigation; British Horticultural Traditions; Indigenous Horticultural Traditions; Chinese Horticulture in the Antipodes; Conclusion; Notes; 3 The Physical Environment Home Soil: The Physical Environment of Southern ChinaNew Soils: The Physical Environments of Australia and New Zealand; Chinese Gardens in New Lands; From Monsoon to Desert; Gardens in the Tropics: Queensland and the Northern Territory; Gardens in the Desert: Western New South Wales and South Australia; Gardens in Cold Climates: New Zealand and Tasmania; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Making a Living in New Gold Mountain; Settler Societies in the Southern Hemisphere; Gardening on the Goldfields; After the Gold Was Gone; Notes; 5 Small Businessmen on the Land; Capital; Labour; Land; Markets and Prices Marketing StrategiesConclusion; Notes; 6 New Ideas in New Lands; Conservatism, Innovation and the Diffusion of Ideas; Inventors and Innovators; Gardening Implements; Motor Vehicles and Tractors; Motor Vehicle and Agricultural Equipment Manufacturers; Transport; Water Storage and Irrigation; Fertilisers; Pest Control; New Growing Methods; Seeds and New Crop Varieties; Built Structures; Conclusion; Notes; 7 The Social Environment; Bonds of Kinship, Language and Native Place; Chinese Market Gardeners and their Homeland; Evolving Overseas Chinese Communities; Bridging the Cultural Divide Aliens or Law Abiding, Industrious Citizens?Interactions in the Local Community; Good Neighbours; Conflict, Cooperation and Circumvention; Cross-Cultural Relationships on the Margins; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Newspapers; Newspapers; Newspapers; Newspapers; Newspapers; Secondary Sources; Index
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 635/0994; History; Vegetable gardening -- Australia; Agriculture -- Australia; Vegetable gardening -- New Zealand; Agriculture -- New Zealand; GARDENING / Vegetables; Agriculture; Vegetable gardening; History -- Australia & New Zealand; Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Australasian & Pacific history; Social & cultural history; Physical geography & topography; History -- Asia -- China; Asian history; Australia; New Zealand; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319518718; 3319518712
• Related ISBNs: 9783319518701; 3319518704
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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