Workers' Gardens and Urban Agriculture. The Belgian Allotment Movement within a Global Perspective (from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-first Century).

The article discusses the history of urban agriculture, particularly allotment gardens, from the nineteenth century onwards. The authors especially highlight the example of Belgium, but relate its history to wider European and international trends. Issues addressed include social and economic aspects of allotment gardening, for example as an opportunity for poor people, its use by the ruling classes to pacify the lower classes politically and avert revolution, and its function in creating a sense of urban community.