Of Cabbages and Kings County: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn

By Lawrence S. Zacharias and Marc Linder

Book Overview

No one today thinks of Brooklyn, New York, as an agricultural center. Yet Kings County enjoyed over two centuries of farming prosperity. Even as late as 1880 it was one of the nation's leading... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877456704
• ISBN13: 9780877456704
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Iowa Pr
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.3" x 6.3"