Of cabbages and Kings County
agriculture and the formation of modern Brooklyn
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Author
Contributions
- Zacharias, Lawrence - Contributor
Publication
1999 - University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa
Language
English
Word Count
119,500 words, Guess
Page Count
478 pages
Physical Format
Electronic resource
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecabbageskingscou00lind
- ISBN-101587293013
- ISBN-139781587293016
- OCLC Control Number50416105
- Open LibraryOL25547465M
Classifications
- DDC333.76/13/0974723
- LCCF129.B7 L6 1999eb
Alternate Titles
- Of cabbages & kings County
Description
No one today thinks of Brooklyn, New York, as an agricultural center. Yet Kings County enjoyed over two centuries of farming prosperity. Even as late as 1880 it was one of the nation's leading vegetable producers, second only to neighboring Queens County.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 A
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