| Description |
1 online resource (340 pages) |
| Series |
Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology Ser
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| 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 China -- New 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 Strategies -- Conclusion -- 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 |
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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 |
| Notes |
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Subject |
Labor-History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319518718 |
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