Chinese have been market gardening in New Zealand from 1867 when they arrived as goldminers in Otago. Earning a living by tilling the soil was not a new enterprise for these men. Nearly all were from rural villages dotted around the fertile and densely populated Pearl River Delta where they and their forefathers had engaged in farming for hundreds of years.In New Zealand, market gardening became one of the key Chinese occupations; more than 40 per cent of Chinese were directly enga...

The voluntary sector plays a crucial role in shaping place, and is in turn shaped by that context, yet this ‘place leadership’ role has been underexplored in research. This interdisciplinary book brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine this intriguing phenomenon in different political and cultural contexts.Using case studies from the UK, the US, China and Europe, the book provides fresh insights into the dynamic relationship between place, leadership and volun...

Utilizando una definición del propio Eusebio Leal, La Habana antigua es un verdadero teatro artístico, vive su tradición y su leyenda que la hace inolvidable e insuperable. Posee un verdadero tesoro y una belleza característica que identifica la personalidad cubana en cada uno de los detalles de su arquitectura.

El presente libro ha devenido en cancionero y testimonio de algunas de las memorias de Osdalgia Lesmes Echevarría, Mujer bohemia, vinculadas a las descargas bohemias de la nocturnidad cubana. Esta dama de la canción, Osdalgia Lesmes, ofrece en este libro un singular y amplio espectro de canciones destacadas del ámbito musical cubano, interpretadas por famosas figuras, que han trascendido y traspasado las barreras culturales impuestas a nuestro archipiélago. La autora se enfoca en textos y ...