Taming Manhattan : environmental battles in the antebellum city /
With pigs roaming the streets and cows foraging in the Battery, antebellum Manhattan would have been unrecognizable to inhabitants of today's sprawling metropolis. Fruits and vegetables came from small market gardens in the city, and manure piled high on streets and docks was gold to nearby far...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | In English. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |