1st Edition

Meat, Commerce and the City The London Food Market, 1800–1855

By Robyn S Metcalfe Copyright 2012
272 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This study examines the struggle between Smithfield market's supporters and detractors and argues that this demonstrates a major shift in the way the urban landscape came to be used.

Introduction, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 1 The Smithfield System in the Nineteenth Century: A Grand Complexus, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 2 The Smithfield System in the Nineteenth Century: the Consumers, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 3 The Smithfield Battle Begins, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 4 Smithfield’s Urban Landscape: Space in Transition, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 5 ‘A Grateful Odor Runneth Round’: Public Health and Smithfield, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 6 Necessarily Cruel? Beef, Brutes and Women in Smithfield, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 7 The Final Act: 1840–55, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 102 Epilogue, Robyn S. Metcalfe;

Biography

Robyn S. Metcalfe