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Putting Meat on the American Table

Paperback • 2005 • English

Putting Meat on the American Table

By Roger Horowitz

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Engagingly written and richly illustrated, Putting Meat on the American Table 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. Roger Horowitz argues that a series of new technologies have transformed American meat. He draws on detailed consumption surveys that shed new light on America's eating preferences-...Show more

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ISBN

9780801882418

Publisher

Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Putting Meat on the American Table

Format

Paperback

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