Market halls at the intersection of civic order and public health Markets and market hallshave 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. 1 Confluence by Samantha L. Martin & Leila Marie Farah 2 Public Amenity or Public Threat? Epidemiology and Grassroots Activism in the Food Markets of New Orleans, 1900–1940 by Ashley Rose Young 3 The Crawford Market: Sanitary Problems, Engineered Solutions, and Symbolic Gestures in Late Nineteenth-Century Bombay by Daniel Williamson 4 The Central Market in Hong Kong: Urban Amenities in a Speculative Field by Zhengfeng Wang 5 Nairobi City Market: The Versatile Afterlife of a Colonial-Era Building in a Postcolonial World by Nkatha Gichuyia 6 The St. Lawrence Market, Toronto: Changes and Continuity by Leila Marie Farah 7 Between a Government Project and a Commercial Space for Ordinary Citizens: Dongan Market, 1903–1937 by Xusheng Huang 8 Hygiene, Urbanism, and Fascist Politics at Rome’s Wholesale Market by Ruth W. Lo 9 Modernization and Mobilization: Parisian Retail Market Halls, 1961–1982 by Emeline Houssard 10 Finding Food at Torvehallerne: Market Halls in Copenhagen between Gastrosexual Consumerism and the Coronavirus Pandemic by Henriette Steiner 11 Pandemics and Marketplaces: A Coda from Viareggio, Italy by Andrea Borghini & Min Kyung Lee