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Raising steaks : the life and times of American beef
- Title
- Raising steaks : the life and times of American beef / Betty Fussell.
- Author
- Fussell, Betty Harper.
- Publication
- Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- 402 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Provides a look at the history of the beef industry in the United States, including the land wars between the British and Spanish ranchers, the cowboys who roamed their prairies, and the industrial processing machines of the modern day.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index.
- Contents
- The cowboy and the machine -- Beefy boys -- Breaking the wild -- Playing cowboy -- The new range wars -- Circling the wagons -- Buffalo commons -- Greening beef -- Good breeding -- The smell of Greeley -- Slaughterhouse blues -- Riding point for the industry -- Mad cows and ethanol -- Beef : it's what's for dinner -- The united steaks of America.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-4992
- ISBN
- 9780151012022
- 0151012024
- LCCN
- 2008017310
- 40015921379
- OCLC
- 181600450
- Author
- Fussell, Betty Harper.
- Title
- Raising steaks : the life and times of American beef / Betty Fussell.
- Imprint
- Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40015921379
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-4992