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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn Cornell DolanPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.676kg ISBN: 9781496218643ISBN 10: 1496218647 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 01 June 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Cattle and Progress 1. Washington Irving, Cattle, and Indian Territory 2. Civilizing Cattle in the Writings of James and Susan Fenimore Cooper 3. Henry David Thoreau, Regional Cuisine, and Cattle 4. Cattle and Sovereignty in the Work of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins 5. The Cowboys Are Indians in The Squatter and the Don 6. Southern Cuisine without Cattle in Charles Chesnutt’s Conjure Stories 7. Industrial-Global Cattle in Upton Sinclair and Winnifred Eaton Conclusion: Meat Is the Message Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsA critical contribution to its field, both in its individual arguments about literature and food and also in its modeling of a comparative methodology attuned to region, indigeneity, and global migration. --Catherine Keyser, author of Artificial Color: Modern Food and Racial Fictions --Catherine Keyser A refreshing and unique take on not only what cattle meant to settlers but also how cattle were used as instruments for developing notions of race and American identity. In an Anthony Bourdain-like journey across the country, this book gives you a sense of regional food history in America. You can really taste the food by the end. It is important for scholarship and historical understanding of the United States. --Karen Piper, author of The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos --Karen Piper A refreshing and unique take on not only what cattle meant to settlers but also how cattle were used as instruments for developing notions of race and American identity. In an Anthony Bourdain-like journey across the country, this book gives you a sense of regional food history in America. You can really taste the food by the end. It is important for scholarship and historical understanding of the United States. --Karen Piper, author of The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos --Karen Piper A critical contribution to its field, both in its individual arguments about literature and food and also in its modeling of a comparative methodology attuned to region, indigeneity, and global migration. --Catherine Keyser, author of Artificial Color: Modern Food and Racial Fictions --Catherine Keyser A critical contribution to its field, both in its individual arguments about literature and food and also in its modeling of a comparative methodology attuned to region, indigeneity, and global migration. --Catherine Keyser, author of Artificial Color: Modern Food and Racial Fictions A refreshing and unique take on not only what cattle meant to settlers but also how cattle were used as instruments for developing notions of race and American identity. In an Anthony Bourdain-like journey across the country, this book gives you a sense of regional food history in America. You can really taste the food by the end. It is important for scholarship and historical understanding of the United States. --Karen Piper, author of The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos Author InformationKathryn Cornell Dolan is an associate professor of English and technical communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology. She is the author of Beyond the Fruited Plain: Food and Agriculture in U.S. Literature, 1850–1905 (Nebraska, 2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |