Meat, Commerce and the City

Taylor & Francis

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. > 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\u2019s Urban Landscape: Space in Transition, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 5 \u2018A Grateful Odor Runneth Round\u2019: 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\u201355, Robyn S. Metcalfe; Chapter 1;