Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 17901860
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Feeding Gotham: The Political Economy and Geography of Food in New York, 17901860
By (Author) Gergely Baics
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
11th February 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Cultural studies: food and society
974.7103
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Paperback
368
Width 155mm, Height 235mm
Description
New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the nineteenth century, its population rising from thirty thousand to nearly a million in a matter of decades. Feeding Gotham looks at how America's first metropolis grappled with the challenge of provisioning its inhabitants. It tells the story of how access to food, once a public go
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Author Bio
Gergely Baics is assistant professor of history and urban studies at Barnard College, Columbia University.
