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02805aam a2200397 i 4500 001 E6CE304ECD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 200610t20212021enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020021137 020 $a 1108489117 020 $a 9781108489119 035 $a (OCoLC)1158501803 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d ERASA $d YDX $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- 050 00 $a DG503 G66 2021 100 1 $a Goodson, Caroline, $e author. 245 10 $a Cultivating the city in early medieval Italy / $c Caroline Goodson, University of Cambridge. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xx, 300 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-290) and index. 505 2 $a 1. Introduction -- 2. Patterns and changes -- 3. The shape of the phenomenon -- 4. Alliances and exchanges -- 5. Values and ideals -- 6. Conspicuous cultivation -- 7. Conclusions. 520 $a "Introduction Why farm in the city? Traditionally kitchen gardens are characteristic features of country life, common in villages and on farms but not a part of city life, where sufficient demand supports commercial markets of even fruits and vegetables and the value of land is great enough that rents for houses are worth more than rents and profits from planted lands. In both the USA and Britain at certain points in the past two centuries, the effects of economic decline have prompted urban farming. The depression of 1893 brought poverty to industrial workers in many American cities: the mayor of Detroit created a 'potato patch plan' to provide quarter-acre plots in allotments around the city to urban families receiving public assistance.1 The modern collapse of industry in Detroit brought its urban population down from 1.8 million (1950) to 1.2 million (1980) to about 700,000 (2012).2 In addition to quelling economic activity in the city, it has left acres of abandoned city lots in decay"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Italy $x History $y 476-1268. 650 0 $a Urban gardens $z Italy $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a City and town life $z Italy $x History $y To 1500. 650 0 $a Cities and towns, Medieval $z Italy. 650 0 $a Food supply $z Italy $x History $y To 1500. 651 0 $a Italy $x Social life and customs $y To 1500. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Goodson, Caroline, 1975- $t Cultivating the city in early medieval Italy $b First edition. $d New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. $z 9781108773966 $w (DLC) 2020021138 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220802020920.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6CE304ECD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search