The Fulton Fish Market : : A History / / Jonathan H. Rees.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Rees, Jonathan H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 30 b&w illustrations

The Fulton Fish Market stands out as an iconic New York institution. At first a neighborhood retail market for many different kinds of food, it became the nation’s largest fish and seafood wholesaling center by the late nineteenth century. Waves of immigrants worked at the Fulton Fish Market and then introduced the rest of the city to their seafood traditions. In popular culture, the market—celebrated by Joseph Mitchell in The New Yorker—conjures up images of the bustling East River waterfront, late-night fishmongering, organized crime, and a vanished working-class New York.This book is a lively and comprehensive history of the Fulton Fish Market, from its founding in 1822 through its move to the Bronx in 2005. Jonathan H. Rees explores the market’s workings and significance, tracing the transportation, retailing, and consumption of fish. He tells the stories of the people and institutions that depended on the Fulton Fish Market—including fishermen, retail stores, restaurants, and chefs—and shows how the market affected what customers in New York and around the country ate. Rees examines transformations in food provisioning systems through the lens of a vital distribution point, arguing that the market’s wholesale dealers were innovative businessmen who adapted to technological change in a dynamic industry. He also explains how changes in the urban landscape and economy affected the history of the market and the surrounding neighborhood.Bringing together economic, technological, urban, culinary, and environmental history, this book demonstrates how the Fulton Fish Market shaped American cuisine, commerce, and culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION Between the City and the Sea -- 1 FISH AND FISHING BEFORE FULTON MARKET -- 2 THE EARLY DAYS OF FULTON MARKET -- 3 FISH FROM FAR AWAY -- 4 THE HEYDAY OF NEW YORK’S OYSTER INDUSTRY -- 5 THE OPERATION OF A WHOLESALE FISH MARKET -- 6 FISHERIES AND THE FISH MARKET -- 7 TURTLE AND TERRAPIN -- 8 FREEZING, COLD STORAGE, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION -- 9 FROM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO THE FDR DRIVE -- 10 POLLUTION AND THE DECLINE OF NEW YORK’S OYSTER INDUSTRY -- 11 BUYERS -- 12 THE CULTURE OF THE FULTON FISH MARKET AND ORGANIZED CRIME -- 13 A MUSEUM AND TWO SHOPPING MALLS -- 14 RELOCATION -- CONCLUSION After Relocation -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A NOTE ON SOURCES -- NOTES -- INDEX