The Rise of the Midwestern Meat Packing Industry /

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The history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the growth and development of the economy of that major industrial region. In the course of one generation, meat packing matured from a small-scale, part-time activity to a specialized manufacturing operation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Margaret, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015], 1982.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pork industry and trade.
Packing-houses.
Meat industry and trade.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Porc (Viande) > Industrie > Midwest (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Packing-houses > Middle West > History.
Meat industry and trade > Middle West > History.
Pork industry and trade > Middle West > History.
Middle West.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Preface; 1 The Significance of the Midwestern Meat Packing Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; 2 Supply, Process, Markets: The Dominance of Seasonal Elements in the Pioneer Years; 3 Railroads and the Challenge to River Dominance in the Antebellum Years; 4 Changing Patterns of Urban Concentration in the Civil War Period; 5 The Emergence of a Permanent Industry; 6 The Dimensions of Midwestern Pork Packing; Appendix. The Sample of Midwestern Pork Packers Used for Biographical Illustrations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
  • Ab; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w.

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