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Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand

Gardens of Prosperity

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Authors:
  1. Joanna Boileau

    1. Independent Scholar, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Multidisciplinary approach, covering the fields of technology transfer, history, historical archaeology, material culture studies and Chinese diaspora studies
  • Contributes to a historical understanding of human responses to climate and the dynamic relationship between international migration, settlement and environment
  • Transnational and comparative approach, placing Chinese market gardeners in Australia and New Zealand within the context of the broader Chinese diaspora

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Human Resource

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 23-53

  4. The Physical Environment

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 55-93

  5. Making a Living in New Gold Mountain

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 95-124

  6. Small Businessmen on the Land

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 125-161

  7. New Ideas in New Lands

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 163-224

  8. The Social Environment

    • Joanna Boileau
    Pages 225-265

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 267-273

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 275-327
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About this book

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 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 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.

Reviews

“Joanna Boileau’s book offers a rare and much needed look at the environmental history of Chinese diasporic agriculture. Exploring the place that Chinese market gardeners made for themselves in both Australia and New Zealand, this fascinating, expertly researched book uses both physical and documentary evidence to show how immigrant Chinese gardeners (and their descendants) adapted their agricultural techniques to help them thrive as agriculturists in the varied ecological, social, and commercial settings of Australia and New Zealand. This compelling story offers valuable insights into the mobility of people, knowledge and skills in the context of migration.” (Suzanne M. Moon, Department of the History of Science, University of Oklahoma, USA)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Scholar, Auckland, New Zealand

    Joanna Boileau

About the author

Joanna Boileau is a historian living in New Zealand. She has worked in museums and on cultural heritage projects in Australasia. She has a PhD in history from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia, and a Masters in archaeology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand

  • Book Subtitle: Gardens of Prosperity

  • Authors: Joanna Boileau

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51871-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51870-1Published: 09 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84765-8Published: 03 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51871-8Published: 27 July 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2730-972X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 327

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of China, Australasian History, Labor History, Environmental Geography

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