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In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America
In Meat We Trust An Unexpected History of Carnivore America Author:Maureen Ogle The moment European settlers arrived in North America, they began transforming the land into a meat-eater?s paradise. Even 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 ... more »away about two hundred pounds a year. In In Meat We Trust, Ogle takes 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. From Swift and Armour to Tyson, Cargill, and ConAgra. From the cattle bonanza of the 1880s to modern feedlots. From agribusiness to today?s ?local? meat suppliers and organic countercuisine. Along the way, Ogle explains how Americans? carnivorous demands shaped urban landscapes, midwestern prairies, and western ranges, and how the American system of meat-making became both a source of pride and a source of controversy.« less