Holland Flowering : : How the Dutch Flower Industry Conquered the World / / Andrew Gebhardt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
• VerfasserIn: Gebhardt, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.) :; 10 halftones

Worldwide, the indelible image of the Netherlands is the tulip. But the tulip is not alone: flowers of all kinds have long been a key part of both the Dutch identity and the Dutch economy, and in Holland Flowering, Andrew Gebhardt offers a dazzling tour of Dutch flower culture, from the earliest days of horticulture to attempts to grow bulbs on the moon. Building his account around the world’s largest flower auction, Aalsmeer’s, which is located near Amsterdam, Gebhardt links past and present, petals and painting, colonial trading and the European Union. The resulting book is as unusual as it is ambitious, full of insights into horticulture, the workings of markets, globalization, aesthetics, and Dutch popular culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Holland Flowering -- Early Dutch Horticulture -- The Rise of Aalsmeer’s Horticultural Grower’s Cooperatives -- The Dutch Flower Auction: Traders -- Horticultural Aesthetics -- Planet of Flowers -- Afterword -- Notes