This paper explores the development and legacy of nineteenth-century “animal suburbs,” focusing on Boston and Brighton, Massachusetts. As domesticated animals were pushed from downtowns—and as large-scale animal industries emerged in the 1800s—urban areas grappled with what to do with livestock populations for urban consumers and markets. Animal suburbs like Brighton marked important developmental forms—marking key changes in human-animal relationships, and also in urban development, law, politics, and environmental change. These animal suburbs had distinctive built environments, ecologies, economies, and social landscapes that shaped development in the nineteenth century and in the many decades that followed. This paper explores the life and death of one animal suburb—Brighton—and shows the centrality of these marginal spaces in explaining why parts of American cities look the way they do today, while also providing insight into developments of nineteenth-century law, political development, and capitalism.

本文探讨了 19 世纪“动物郊区”的发展和遗产，重点是马萨诸塞州的波士顿和布莱顿。随着驯养的动物被赶出市中心——随着大规模的动物产业在 1800 年代出现——城市地区正在努力解决如何为城市消费者和市场处理牲畜数量。像布莱顿这样的动物郊区标志着重要的发展形式——标志着人类与动物关系以及城市发展、法律、政治和环境变化的关键变化。这些动物郊区拥有独特的建筑环境、生态、经济和社会景观，这些都塑造了 19 世纪和随后几十年的发展。