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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNeur, Catherine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1775-1899
Urbanization > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
City planning > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Urbanisation > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Ecology.
Urbanization.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > Environmental conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1775-1865.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Manhattan.
History.
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