Feeding Gotham : the political economy and geography of food in New York City, 1790-1860 / Gergely Baics.

The food crisis in prehistory : overpopulation and the origins of agriculture / Mark Nathan Cohen.

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Feeding Gotham : the political economy and geography of food in New York City, 1790-1860 / Gergely Baics.

The food crisis in prehistory : overpopulation and the origins of agriculture / Mark Nathan Cohen.