The Fulton Fish Market: A History

by Jonathan Rees

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231202571
• ISBN13: 9780231202572
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"