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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of Financial Times (FT.com) Best History Books of 2016 "Baics has produced one of the year's most original books with this analysis of food markets in New York City in the decades up to the civil war. His account of how New York moved from tight regulation to free-market provisioning is well-organised and full of insights."--Tony Barber, Financial Times Best Books of 2016: History "Baics carefully and methodically examines the causes and effects of economic and political forces that have changed the access of food distributions in New York City... This valuable book provides the necessary background to better understand current circumstances."--Choice
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Part I Political Economy of Urban Provisioning 1. Is Access to Food a Public Good? From Public Market to Free-Market System, 1790-1860 19 Part II Public Market System of Provisioning, 1790s-1820s 2. The Landscape of Municipal Food Access 57 3. Constraints of Time: Public Market Schedule of Provisioning 94 4. Catharine Market and Its Neighborhood 121 Part III Free-Market System of Provisioning, 1830s-50s 5. Withdraw the Bungling Hand of Government: Free-Market Geography of Provisioning 155 6. The Price of Deregulation: Food Access and Living Standards 193 Conclusion 231 Abbreviations 237 Appendix A: Maps 239 Appendix B: Public Market Data 251 Notes 259 Index 331
