Chinese Market Gardening In Australia And New Zealand: Gardens Of Prosperity (palgrave Studies In The History Of Science And Technology)
by Joanna Boileau /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book offers a fresh perspective on the Chinese diaspora. It
is about the mobilisation of knowledge across time and space,
exploring the history of Chinese market gardening in Australia
and New Zealand. It enlarges our understanding of processes of
technological change and human mobility, highlighting the
mobility of migrants as an essential element in the mobility and
adaptation of technologies. Truly multidisciplinary,
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Chinese diaspora. It
is about the mobilisation of knowledge across time and space,
exploring the history of Chinese market gardening in Australia
and New Zealand. It enlarges our understanding of processes of
technological change and human mobility, highlighting the
mobility of migrants as an essential element in the mobility and
adaptation of technologies. Truly multidisciplinary,Chinese
Market Gardening in Australia and New
Zealand
Chinese
Market Gardening in Australia and New
Zealand incorporates elements of economic, agricultural,
social, cultural and environmental history, along with
archaeology, to document how Chinese market gardeners from
subtropical southern China adapted their horticultural techniques
and technologies to novel environments and the demands of
European consumers. It shows that they made a significant
contribution to the economies of Australia and New Zealand,
developing flexible strategies to cope with the vagaries of
climate and changing business and social environments which were
often hostile towards Asian immigrants.
incorporates elements of economic, agricultural,
social, cultural and environmental history, along with
archaeology, to document how Chinese market gardeners from
subtropical southern China adapted their horticultural techniques
and technologies to novel environments and the demands of
European consumers. It shows that they made a significant
contribution to the economies of Australia and New Zealand,
developing flexible strategies to cope with the vagaries of
climate and changing business and social environments which were
often hostile towards Asian immigrants.Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New
Zealand
Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New
Zealand will appeal to students and scholars in the
fields of the Chinese diaspora, in particular the history of the
Chinese in Australasia; the history of technology; horticultural
and garden history; and environmental history, as well as Asian
studies more generally.
will appeal to students and scholars in the
fields of the Chinese diaspora, in particular the history of the
Chinese in Australasia; the history of technology; horticultural
and garden history; and environmental history, as well as Asian
studies more generally.