Chan Dah Chee (1851-1930) : pioneer Chinese market gardener and Auckland businessman / by Lily Lee and Ruth Lam

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Chan Dah Chee (1851-1930) : pioneer Chinese market gardener and Auckland businessman / by Lily Lee and Ruth Lam

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National Library of New Zealand

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Index New Zealand

Description

Tells the story of the Chinese market gardener and entrepreneur, 陈达枝 Chan Dah Chee, or Ah Chee as he was commonly known, and explores the history of the family businesses he established, including the Kong Foong Yuen market garden, fruit and vegetable shops, and exporting the dried fungus called muk yee,or 'wood ear'. Provides an insight into how he lived and a sense of what it was like to be an early Chinese market gardener in his time, via archaeological findings discovered at Kong Foong Y...

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Format

Journal

Date created

Jun 2011

Creator

Lee, Lily / Lam, Ruth

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/29822510

Related subjects

Farmers' markets / Chinese / Immigrants / Chee, Chan Dah, 1851-1930 / Social history

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