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In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America

by Maureen Ogle

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This book relates the untold story of how meat made America. The moment European settlers arrived in North America, they began transforming the land into a meat-eater's paradise. Long before revolution turned colonies into nation, Americans were eating meat on a scale the Old World could neither imagine nor provide: an average European was lucky to see meat once a week, while even a poor American man put away about two hundred pounds a year. Here the author guides us from that colonial paradise through the urban meat-making factories of the nineteenth century to the hyperefficient packing plants of the late twentieth century. From Swift and Armour to Tyson, Cargill, and ConAgra. From the 1880s cattle bonanza to 1980s feedlots. From agribusiness to today's "local" meat suppliers and organic countercuisine. Along the way, she explains how Americans' carnivorous demands shaped urban landscapes, Midwestern prairies, and Western ranges, and how the American system of meat making became a source of both pride and controversy. -- From book jacket.… (more)
all exceptions admitted (1) American history (3) Americans were eating meat on a scale the Old World could neither imagine nor provide: an average European was lucky to see meat once a week (1) and ConAgra. From the 1880s cattle bonanza to 1980s feedlots. From agribusiness to today’s “local” meat suppliers and organic countercuisine. Along the way (1) and her book makes that case in fascinating detail." —Wall Street JournalThe moment European settlers arrived in North America (1) and how the American system of meat making became a source of both pride and controversy. (1) and impassioned activists who shaped us into the greatest eaters and providers of meat in history "Ogle is a terrific writer (1) and she takes us on a brisk romp through two centuries of history (1) business history (2) carnivores (2) cookbook (2) food (8) food history (2) food industry (2) food preferences (2) full of deft portraits of entrepreneurs (1) health (4) history (7) industrialization (2) meat (4) meat industry (3) non-fiction (5) Ogle explains how Americans’ carnivorous demands shaped urban landscapes (1) pragmatic farmers (1) promoters and charlatans.... Ms. Ogle believes (1) that [the food industry] has delivered Americans good value (1) The untold story of how meat made America: a tale of the self-made magnates (1) they began transforming the land into a meat-eater’s paradise. Long before revolution turned colonies into nation (1) to-read (12) while even a poor American man put away about two hundred pounds a year.Maureen Ogle guides us from that colonial paradise to the urban meat-making factories of the nineteenth century to the hyperefficient packing plants of the late twentieth century. Fro (1)
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This book relates the untold story of how meat made America. The moment European settlers arrived in North America, they began transforming the land into a meat-eater's paradise. Long before revolution turned colonies into nation, Americans were eating meat on a scale the Old World could neither imagine nor provide: an average European was lucky to see meat once a week, while even a poor American man put away about two hundred pounds a year. Here the author guides us from that colonial paradise through the urban meat-making factories of the nineteenth century to the hyperefficient packing plants of the late twentieth century. From Swift and Armour to Tyson, Cargill, and ConAgra. From the 1880s cattle bonanza to 1980s feedlots. From agribusiness to today's "local" meat suppliers and organic countercuisine. Along the way, she explains how Americans' carnivorous demands shaped urban landscapes, Midwestern prairies, and Western ranges, and how the American system of meat making became a source of both pride and controversy. -- From book jacket.

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