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OverviewHow beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complex 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 Full Product DetailsAuthor: Joshua SpechtPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 3 ISBN: 9780691182315ISBN 10: 0691182310 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 07 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsPeeling the plastic wrap off the cut, Specht uncovers the political economy of modern meat, from violent dispossession to high-stakes struggles over labor and profits. --Kristin L. Hoganson, author of The Heartland: An American History Specht's wonderful and impressive research covers an enormous territory. Red Meat Republic will reshape historians' approach to this important topic. --John Mack Faragher, author of Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Specht's evocation of specific places--from the plains and the varied sites of industrial labor to the shops where meat was bought and the tables at which it was eaten--persuasively grounds his story in American culture. This is an impressive and compelling book. --Harriet Ritvo, author of Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Explaining how Americans came to eat so much beef and to pay so little for it turns out to be an especially gargantuan enterprise, which Specht pulls off with aplomb, in accessible and sprightly prose. ---Samuel Moyn, New Republic Specht's story of how the meatpackers exploited unskilled labour, bankrupted local butchers and seized power from the railroads holds warnings for today. ---Brooke Masters, Financial Times Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Memorial Award, Agricultural History Society A fascinating cultural exploration. ---Rebecca Onion, History Today One Smithsonian's Ten Best Books About Food of 2019 Specht tells the little-known story of how Americans became beef-eaters. From cattle ranches in the rural West to slaughterhouses in Chicago, the environmental and business historian charts the path of meat and, in doing so, delivers what is really a tale of people and power. . . . By following the meat industry through centuries of conflict, this book puts a new, troubling lens on American history. ---Andrea Michelson, Smithsonian Co-Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards Specht's wonderful and impressive research covers an enormous territory. Red Meat Republic will reshape historians' approach to this important topic. --John Mack Faragher, author of Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Specht's evocation of specific places--from the plains and the varied sites of industrial labor to the shops where meat was bought and the tables at which it was eaten--persuasively grounds his story in American culture. This is an impressive and compelling book. --Harriet Ritvo, author of Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Specht's evocation of specific places--from the plains and the varied sites of industrial labor to the shops where meat was bought and the tables at which it was eaten--persuasively grounds his story in American culture. This is an impressive and compelling book. --Harriet Ritvo, author of Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Specht's wonderful and impressive research covers an enormous territory. Red Meat Republic will reshape historians' approach to this important topic. --John Mack Faragher, author of Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Specht's evocation of specific places-from the plains and the varied sites of industrial labor to the shops where meat was bought and the tables at which it was eaten-persuasively grounds his story in American culture. This is an impressive and compelling book. -Harriet Ritvo, author of Noble Cows and Hybrid Zebras: Essays on Animals and History Specht's wonderful and impressive research covers an enormous territory. Red Meat Republic will reshape historians' approach to this important topic. -John Mack Faragher, author of Eternity Street: Violence and Justice in Frontier Los Angeles Author InformationJoshua Specht is assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. Twitter @joshspecht Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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