Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation

Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation
ISBN-10
0801882419
ISBN-13
9780801882418
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
170
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Roger Horowitz

Description

This book 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. The author 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 - especially differences associated with income, rural versus urban areas, and race and ethnicity.

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