Red Meat Republic

Red Meat Republic
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 9780691209180
ISBN-13 : 0691209189
Rating : 4/5 (189 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Red Meat Republic by : Joshua Specht

Download or read book Red Meat Republic written by Joshua Specht and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the United States had gone from small-scale, localized operations to a highly centralized industry spanning the country, with cattle bred on ranches in the rural West, slaughtered in Chicago, and consumed in the nation's rapidly growing cities. Red Meat Republic tells the remarkable story of the violent conflict over who would reap the benefits of this new industry and who would bear its heavy costs"--


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