| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-383) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Beef cattle -- United States -- History.
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Beef industry -- United States -- History.
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Beef -- United States.
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Cooking (Beef)
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| ISBN |
9780151012022 |
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0151012024 |
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