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Meat, modernity, and the rise of the slaughterhouse

Author:Paula Young Lee

Summary:This title offers an interdisciplinary look at the rise of the slaughterhouse in 19th-century Europe and the Americas. Over the course of this period, the factory slaughterhouse replaced the hand slaughter of animals by individual butchers. A wholly modern invention, the municipal slaughterhouse was a political response to public concerns

Print Book, English, 2008

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Publisher: University of New Hampshire : Eurospan [distributor], Hanover, N.H., London, 2008

Series:

Becoming modern

Genre:History

Target Audience:Audience: Specialized.

Physical Description:320 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

ISBN:

9781584656982, 1584656980

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1158409832

Subjects:

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses America History 19th century

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses Europe History 19th century