Announcer my talk will have two parts. Professor mcneur i am always happy to talk trash with new yorkers. Even happier that there is a large series on trash in new york. First, i will talk about my book project and the research i have done an environmental history. Then i will go into specifics about my research focusing on the intersection of food, politics, and the urban environment and 1850s new york. The book i have written is an environmental history of new york city. Many people believe that new york is the opinion me of a concrete jungle. After coming across a reference to the hog riots, i thought the idea of hogs roaming the streets of new york was amusing. The fact that they were people passionate enough to ride over them was even more so. Hidden beneath my reaction is the notion that cities are surely artificial spaces where nature does not exist. The early part of the 19th century is a moment where the meaning and relationship between city and country is being transformed an
Hog and swill milk. Run primarily by immigrants, these industries faced pressure as well to do new yorkers posted for health and sanitation regulation. This event was cohosted by the museum of the city of new york and the new york academy of medicine. Announcer my talk will have two parts. Professor mcneur i am always happy to talk trash with new yorkers. Even happier that there is a large series on trash in new york. First, i will talk about my book project and the research i have done an environmental history. Then i will go into specifics about my research focusing on the intersection of food politics, and the urban environment and 1850s new york. The book i have written is an environmental history of new york city. Many people believe that new york is the opinion me of a concrete jungle. After coming across a reference to the hog riots, i thought the idea of hogs roaming the streets of new york was amusing. The fact that they were people passionate enough to ride over them was even
The citys finances, its hiring practices and accusations of socalled pay to play politics. A recent poll has found mayor emanuel lead aring 58 to 30 with 9 undecided. The debate was moderated by bill ponce of wttwtv which cohosted the event along with the city club of chicago. This is just under an hour. Smart people may disagree about what makes a great city but part of what makes chicago great is we dont have to agree. To run a city like ours, a lot of issues come up. The city club of chicago is a place to debate those issues ask hear from the men and women whoo shape the policies, lead the t industries and tell the storiesis, that define our city. For the free and open exchange of ideas the city club of chicago. Moderator good evening and is welcome to chicago tonight,ood im phil ponce on this tuesday, march 31st. The final forum between the two candidates running for mayor of chicago, that is the full hour next on chicago tonight. Moderator the stakes in chicagos Mayoral Election c
I want to get jones and this is a Business Asia welcome to the u. S. China trade war is taking its toll on global stock market shares are heading south from asia to europe this is beijing gets ready to ramp up retaliation to u. S. Measures blacklisting some quote unreliable foreign firms and hiking tariffs on a range of u. S. Goods starting on june the 1st u. S. Time so where are we up to in this conflict now so far the u. S. Has imposed tariffs on chinese goods worth 250000000000. 00 thats almost half of the goods china sold to the u. S. In 2018 now beijing retaliated by imposing tariffs on 110000000000 Dollars Worth of u. S. Goods entering china and thats almost as much as all of us exports to china in 2018 hours washington keeps up the pressure threatening to raise more tariffs on chinese Goods Beijing has responded by threatening to stop supplies of rare metals crucial for many high take items now meanwhile on the u. S. Doorstep the president on a trump has said he will levy a 5 pe