{"product_id":"i-buy-this-piece-of-ground-here-an-italian-market-gardener-community-in-adelaide-1920s-1970s-paperback","title":"'I buy this piece of ground here': An Italian market-gardener community in Adelaide, 1920s-1970s - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Regan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I buy this piece of ground here'\u003c\/em\u003e is a group biography that examines the lives and work of a cohort of Italian migrant families from the Veneto region who arrived in Australia in the 1920s and formed a new community and identity as market gardeners in outer suburban Adelaide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book investigates the settlement processes in a period of Australian migration history often overlooked in favour of post-World War II studies of mass migration and multiculturalism. It considers the impacts of the Depression, fascism, World War II, the White Australia environment that excluded southern Europeans and, ultimately, the suburbanisation that overtook their community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on 65 oral histories with sons and daughters of the first generation, archival and published records, the narrative reveals what it felt like to work market gardens that became economic and emotional anchors for a new community. The first generation raised families, worked and bought the land, planted vegetables, bartered for glasshouses, sold produce at market, celebrated in packing sheds and established a stable, resilient community between the wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Veneto families developed successful commercial market gardens and created a self-contained village or paese in a small area west of Adelaide. Withstanding marginalisation, the market gardeners lived and worked together in a small community, prospered and created an economy, a sense of belonging and a future for their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A formidably detailed piece of research and the product of a most fruitful community collaboration.'-Frank Bongiorno AM, Professor of History, ANU\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44494120452231,"sku":"9781760466695","price":42.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/AXWhFv-ZLX9781760466695.webp?v=1776462625","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/i-buy-this-piece-of-ground-here-an-italian-market-gardener-community-in-adelaide-1920s-1970s-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}