Slaughterhouse blues: the meat and poultry industry in North America

SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLUES: THE MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA draws onmore than 20 years of research by the authors; a cultural anthropologist and a social geographer, to present a detailed look at the meat and poultry industry in the United States and Canada. Following chapters on today's beef, poultry, and pork industries, SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLUES examines industry impacts on workers and on the communities that host its plants. The book details the authors'efforts to help communities plan for and mitigate the negative consequences of meat and poultry plants as well as community opposition to confined animal feeding operations. The book concludes by exploring alternatives to North America's model of industrialized meat production. Features a forward by Eric Schlosser. The second edition includes updated demographic information as well as anew chapter, "Is Meat Murder?" that examines the ethics of meat eating. INDICE: 1. Setting the Table.2. From Roundups to Restructuring: The Beef Industry.3. Chicken Little, Chicken Big: The Poultry Industry.4. Hog Heaven: The Pork Industry.5. Is Meat Murder?.6. The Human Price of Our Meat.7. On the Floor at Running Iron Beef.8. Garden City, Kansas: Harvest of Change.9. Don't Shoot the Messenger: Technical Assistance to Packinghouse Towns.10. Not in My Backyard: Community Opposition to the Meat and Poultry Industry.11. Food for Thought.

• ISBN: 978-1-111-82878-3
• Editorial: South Western
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 11/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés