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Tied to the great packing machine : the Midwest and meatpacking /
Ambitious in its historical scope and its broad range of topics, Tied to the Great Packing Machine tells the dramatic story of meatpacking's enormous effects on the economics, culture, and environment of the Midwest over the past century and a half. Wilson Warren situates the history of the ind...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa,
©2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The industrial center of the country: the Midwest and meatpacking
- pt. 1. Economics.
- It was all so very businesslike: industrial evolution
- A thing as tremendous as the universe: economic impacts
- pt. 2. Culture.
- The families had all been of different nationalities: social dynamics
- Benefits of a more substantial nature: workplace rights and quality of community life
- With all her soul upon her work: women and packing employment
- I'm glad I'm not a hog: a killing industry's ethics
- Fresh meats must be had: U.S. meat consumption
- pt. 3. Environment.
- That smelt like the craters of hell: site-point pollution and other public health threats
- The cost of fodder: reshaping the agro-industrial environment
- To fix his hopes upon a future life: the future of Midwestern meatpacking.