ISBN: 9780877456704

In Of Cabbages and Kings County, Marc Linder and Lawrence Zacharias reconstruct the history of a lost agricultural community. Their study focuses on rural Kings County, the site of Brookl… Mehr…

In Of Cabbages and Kings County, Marc Linder and Lawrence Zacharias reconstruct the history of a lost agricultural community. Their study focuses on rural Kings County, the site of Brooklyn's tremendous expansion during the latter part of the nineteenth century. In particular, they question whether sprawl was a necessary condition of American industrialization: could the agricultural base that preceded and surrounded the city have survived the onrush of residential real estate speculation with a bit of foresight and public policies that the politically outnumbered farmers could not have secured on their own?The first part of the book reviews the county's Dutch American agricultural tradition, in particular its conversion after 1840 from extensive farming (e.g., wheat, potato) to intensive farming of market garden crops. The authors examine the growing competition between local farmers and their southern counterparts for a share of the huge New York City market, comparing farming conditions and factors such as labor and transportation.In the second part of the book, the authors turn their attention to the forces that eventually destroyed Kings County's farming -- ranging from the political and ideological pressures to modernize the city's rural surroundings to unplanned, market-driven attempts to facilitate transportation for more affluent city dwellers to recreational outlets on Coney Island and, once transportation was at hand, to replace farms with residential housing for the city's congested population. Media > Book<

ISBN: 0877456704

Reconstructs the history of a lost agricultural community. This study focuses on rural Kings County, the site of Brooklyn's tremendous expansion during the latter part of the 19th century… Mehr…

Reconstructs the history of a lost agricultural community. This study focuses on rural Kings County, the site of Brooklyn's tremendous expansion during the latter part of the 19th century. Drawing on archival resources, the book refocuses the history to uncover what was lost with the expansion. 19th century,agricultural sciences,americas,business,business and investing,city planning and urban development,conservation,economics,environmental economics,history Agricultural Sciences, University of Iowa Press<

1999, ISBN: 9780877456704

University of Iowa Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 478 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2 kg, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Büche… Mehr…

University of Iowa Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 478 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 2 kg, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Kategorien, Bücher, University of Iowa Press, 1999<