Holland flowering : how the Dutch flower industry conquered the world / Andrew Gebhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gebhardt, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cut flower industry--Netherlands--History.

Cut flower industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Growing tulip bulbs on the moon, and a tulip shaped island in the North Sea. Frederick Ruysch's wunderkammer and contemporary bloemencorsos. A Dutch-Chinese billionaire, aka the Orchid King, recreates a 'Dutch' town in northeast China complete with a replica of Amsterdam's central station and the International Court of Justice. A retired grower recalls a life in flowers, from the Second World War to the European Union. Dutch development policies in Ethiopia today and its former civilizing mission in Java. Auctions, cooperatives, networking, commodity culture, Dutch masculinity, and globalization. These are some of the imaginaries, themes, curious details, and perspectives you will encounter in this book. All of them pivot around Dutch flower culture today and in the Dutch Golden Age, and directly or indirectly link to Aalsmeer's flower auction, the world's largest, located not far from Amsterdam.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Holland Flowering

Early Dutch Horticulture

Rise of Aalsmeer's Horticultural Grower's Cooperatives

Dutch Flower Auction: Traders

Horticultural Aesthetics

Planet of Flowers.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789048522606

9048522609

9789048522590

9048522595

OCLC:

923710428