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

    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