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Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry
Slaughterhouse The Shocking Story of Greed Neglect and Inhumane Treatment Inside the US Meat Industry
Author: Gail A. Eisnitz
"Slaughterhouse" is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years -- particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation -- have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is also the first time ever that workers have spok...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781573921664
ISBN-10: 1573921661
Publication Date: 12/1997
Pages: 310
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Publisher: Prometheus Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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iluvlibros avatar reviewed Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry on + 73 more book reviews
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This book is shocking, heartbreaking, graphic, and inspiring all at once. Eisnitz paints a gruesome picture of slaughterhouses and the inhumane and unsanitary ways that meat is brought to American dinner tables. It is difficult--but also so important--to read.
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ashley949807 avatar reviewed Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry on + 27 more book reviews
Well written and thoroughly disgusting this book will definitely make you reconsider eating meat. It reminded me of Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' written almost 100 years earlier. Apparently not much has changed in the meat packing industry.
reviewed Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry on + 160 more book reviews
Enlightening! You will never eat meat again!


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