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This book is a lively and comprehensive history of the Fulton Fish Market, from its founding in 1822 through its move to the Bronx in 2005. Jonathan H. Rees explores the market's workings and significance, tracing the transportation, retailing, and consumption of fish.
List of contents
Introduction: Between the City and the Water
1. Fish and Fishing Before Fulton Market
2. The Early Days of Fulton Market
3. Fish from Far Away
4. The Heyday of New York’s Oyster Industry
5. The Operation of a Wholesale Fish Market
6. Fisheries and the Fish Market
7. Turtle and Terrapin
8. Freezing, Cold Storage, and Improvements in Transportation
9. From the Brooklyn Bridge to the FDR Drive
10. Pollution and the Decline of New York’s Oyster Industry
11. Buyers
12. The Culture of the Fulton Fish Market and Organized Crime
13. A Museum and Two Shopping Malls
14. Relocation
Conclusion: After Relocation
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources
Notes
Index
About the author
Jonathan H. Rees is a professor of history at Colorado State University–Pueblo. His books include Refrigeration Nation: A History of Ice, Appliances, and Enterprise in America (2013) and Before the Refrigerator: How We Used to Get Ice (2018).
Summary
This book is a lively and comprehensive history of the Fulton Fish Market, from its founding in 1822 through its move to the Bronx in 2005. Jonathan H. Rees explores the market’s workings and significance, tracing the transportation, retailing, and consumption of fish.
