Of Cabbages and Kings County
Author | : Marc Linder |
Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 087745714X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780877457145 |
Rating | : 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Download or read book Of Cabbages and Kings County written by Marc Linder and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular, they question whether sprawl was a necessary condition of American industrialization; could the agricultural base that preceded and surrounded the city have survived the onrush of residential real estate speculation with a bit of foresight and public policies that the politically outnumbered farmers could not have secured on their own?