Bibliograph

Eat the city, a tale of the fishers, trappers, hunters, foragers, slaughterers, butchers, farmers, poultry minders, sugar refiners, cane cutters, beekeepers, winemakers, and brewers who built New York, Robin Shulman

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Eat the city, a tale of the fishers, trappers, hunters, foragers, slaughterers, butchers, farmers, poultry minders, sugar refiners, cane cutters, beekeepers, winemakers, and brewers who built New York, Robin Shulman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-335)

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eat the city

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

778635500

Responsibility statement

Robin Shulman

Sub title

a tale of the fishers, trappers, hunters, foragers, slaughterers, butchers, farmers, poultry minders, sugar refiners, cane cutters, beekeepers, winemakers, and brewers who built New York

Summary

Traces the experiences of New Yorkers who grow and produce food in bustling city environments, placing urban food production in a context of hundreds of years of history to explain the changing abilities of cities to feed people

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