Harvest of the Suburbs: An Environmental History of Growing Food in Australian Cities

Andrea Gaynor

Drawing on sources ranging from gardening books and magazines to statistics and oral history, Harvest of the Suburbs challenges some of the widespread myths about food production in Australian cities, and traces the reasons for its enduring popularity.

It describes changing attitudes and techniques, and explores a range of contemporary ideas relating to work, social organisation, gender roles, health and the body, and nature. In doing so, it provides new insights into the tension between the quest for independence and the desire for interdependence in suburban Australia.

This book is a valuable resource for scholars of environmental urban and cultural management, and essential reading for the modern-day gardener interested in learning from more than one hundred years of keeping poultry, goats and cows, and growing fruit and vegetables, in Australian suburbs.

Book details

PUBLICATION DATE: 2006
FORMAT: Paperback
EXTENT: 264 pages
SIZE: 207 x 139 mm
ISBN: 9781920694487
RIGHTS: World
CATEGORY: Out of Print,