Taming Manhattan environmental battles in the antebellum city / [electronic resource] :
Catherine McNeur.
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-299) and index.
Mad dogs and loose hogs -- Unequally green -- The dung heap of the universe -- Hog wash and swill milk -- Clearing the lungs of the city - Epilogue.
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Urbanization--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century. City planning--Environmental aspects--History--New York (State)--New York--19th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Environmental conditions. New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865.