
Mobs and Microbes
Global Perspectives on Market Halls, Civic Order and Public Health
Edited by Leila Marie Farah and Samantha L. Martin
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VIEW Edited volume - free ebook - ePUB VIEW Edited volume - paperbackMarket halls at the intersection of civic order and public health
Markets and market halls have always been
more than about trade and nourishment. A detailed look at the histories of
marketplaces provides evidence of the public health concerns they faced, as
well as the social commotion, mobilization and, at times, unrest they hosted. This
edited volume reappraises the market hall, examining both its architectural and
its social and political significance.
Focusing on how
these buildings embodied transformations in architecture and urbanism from the
mid-nineteenth century until the age of COVID-19, Mobs and Microbes
situates market halls at the intersection of civic order and public health.
Central to this are advances in sanitation and hygiene. These radical
interventions also mediated conflicting interests. Through their rational designs,
market halls intertwined government policies and regulations, which formalized,
controlled and literally imposed order. Additionally, markets served as
demonstration grounds for community-led mobilization efforts. With case studies
spanning North America, Europe, Asia, India and Africa, this edited volume provides a global
perspective on covered market halls across many disciplines, including
architecture, history of art and architecture, landscape architecture, food
studies and urban history.
Contributors: Samantha L. Martin (University College Dublin), Leila Marie Farah (Toronto Metropolitan University), Ashley Rose Young (Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History), Daniel Williamson (Savannah College of Art and Design), Zhengfeng Wang (University College Dublin), Nkatha Gichuyia (University of Nairobi), Xusheng Huang (Southeast University), Ruth Lo (Hamilton College), Emeline Houssard (Sorbonne Université), Henriette Steiner (University of Copenhagen), Andrea Borghini (Università degli Studi di Milano), Min Kyung Lee (Bryn Mawr College).
Ebook available in Open Access.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
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About the Authors
Format: Edited volume - free ebook - PDF
329 pages
ISBN: 9789461664952
Publication: March 15, 2023
Languages: English
Download: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61691
Samantha L. Martin is associate professor at University College Dublin and editor-in-chief of Architectural Histories. She received her MPhil and PhD in Architecture from the University of Cambridge and is a graduate of Smith College.
Victoria Kelley, University for the Creative Arts