Of cabbages and Kings County
agriculture and the formation of modern Brooklyn
by Marc Linder
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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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Environmental Economics, Green Business, Natural Resources, NATURE, Agriculture, Urbanization, Farms, Economic conditions, Rural Land use, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, History, New York Times reviewed, Utilisation agricole du sol, Histoire, Urbanisation, Aspect économique, Exploitations agricoles, Economic aspects, Economic history, Landbouw, Urbanisatie| Edition | Availability |
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Of cabbages and Kings County: agriculture and the formation of modern Brooklyn
1999, University of Iowa Press
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1587293013 9781587293016
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-466) and index.
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