Taming Manhattan environmental battles in the antebellum city - McNeur, Catherine (Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-299) and index.
Keywords: Urbanization -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; City planning -- Environmental aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1775-1865.; Electronic books