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Putting Meat on the American Table:

Taste, Technology, Transformation
  • ISBN-13: 9780801882418
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Roger Horowitz
  • Price: AUD $62.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/2006
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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This book explains how America became a meat-eating nation—from the colonial period to the present. It examines the relationships between consumer preference and meat processing—looking closely at the production of beef, pork, chicken, and hot dogs.

List of IllustrationsPreface1. A Meat-Eating Nation2. Beef3. Pork4. Hot Dogs5. Chicken6. Convenient MeatEpilogue: Persistent NatureNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex

""A vitally important contribution... Should be read by anyone interested in food, technology, consumption, and American history in general.""

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