Movable Markets - Food Wholesaling in the Twentieth-Century City

Readers interested in US history, city and regional planning history, food history, and public policy, as well as anyone curious about the disappearance of the central produce district as a major component of the city, will find Movable Markets a fascinating read.

About the author

Helen Tangires is Administrator of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Summary

Readers interested in US history, city and regional planning history, food history, and public policy, as well as anyone curious about the disappearance of the central produce district as a major component of the city, will find Movable Markets a fascinating read.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Tangires, Helen (National Gallery of Art) Tangires
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781421427478
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2747-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics; Hagley Library Studies in Busi; Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics; Hagley Library Studies in Busi
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, History of the Americas, Agribusiness & primary industries