Early Urbanization

Cholera, fire, violence, and manure. Life in antebellum New York was exciting, dirty and filled with class conflict. We discuss the environmental and social struggles in the early decades of the city’s urbanization.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:27 Background
• 6:17 Class
• 13:32 Filth
• 19:10 Disease
• 22:45 Water
• 26:26 Pigs
• 30:30 Cows and Swill Milk
• 34:53 Parks
• 41:02 Conclusion