{"product_id":"taming-manhattan-environmental-battles-in-the-antebellum-city-paperback","title":"Taming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum City - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine McNeur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History\u003cbr\u003eVSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America\u003cbr\u003eHornblower Award for a First Book, New York Society Library\u003cbr\u003eJames Broussard Best First Book Prize, Society for Historians of the Early American Republic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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 farmers. But as Catherine McNeur reveals in this environmental history of Gotham, a battle to control the boundaries between city and country was already being waged, and the winners would take dramatic steps to outlaw New York's wild side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" A] fine book which make s] a real contribution to urban biography.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Joseph Rykwert, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tells an odd story in lively prose...The city McNeur depicts in \u003ci\u003eTaming Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e is the pestiferous obverse of the belle epoque city of Henry James and Edith Wharton that sits comfortably in many imaginations... \u003ci\u003eTaming Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e] is a smart book that engages in the old- fashioned business of trying to harvest lessons for the present from the past.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Alexander Nazaryan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978504306989,"sku":"9780674979758","price":39.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/5zN3B2rOsc9780674979758.webp?v=1775805518","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/taming-manhattan-environmental-battles-in-the-antebellum-city-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}