![]() | Feeding Gotham Subjects: Historical geography.; Food supply; Food supply; Food supply.; Urban Population; Social Change; Food Supply; Food supply; Food supply; Food supply; Food supply; Food supply; New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the nineteenth century, its population rising from thirty thousand people 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 good, became a private matter left to free and unregulated markets--and of the profound consequences this had for American living standards and urban development. Gergely Baics is assistant professor of history and urban studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. |
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