Main Title |
Beyond beef : the rise and fall of the cattle culture / |
Author |
Rifkin, Jeremy.
|
Publisher |
Dutton, |
Year Published |
1992 |
OCLC Number |
24504620 |
ISBN |
0525934200; 9780525934202 |
Subjects |
Beef cattle ;
Beef industry ;
Beef industry--Environmental aspects ;
Cattle trade--West (US)--History ;
Beef--Social aspects ;
Food habits ;
United States, West ;
Vleesindustrie ;
Voedingsgewoonten ;
Rundvee ;
Sociale aspecten ;
Bovinocultura de corte (aspectos sócio-econãomicos) ;
Hábitos alimentares ;
Bovins de boucherie ;
Industrie bovine ;
Bovins--Commercialisation--âEtats-Unis (ouest)--Histoire ;
Habitudes alimentaires ;
Viehhandel ;
Geschichte ;
Fleischindustrie ;
Umweltbelastung ;
Fleischproduktion ;
Ernährungsgewohnheit ;
USA--Weststaaten
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ENAM |
SF207.R54 1992 |
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Region 7 Library, Kansas City, KS |
03/19/1993 |
DISPERSAL |
|
Collation |
xi, 353 pages ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-340) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Part one. Cattle and the making of Western civilization -- Sacrifice to slaughter -- Gods and goddesses -- Neolithic cowboys -- Gifts and capital -- Holy cow -- Matadors and Machismo -- Cattlizing the Americas -- British beefeaters -- Let them eat potatoes -- Corpulent cows and opulent Englishmen -- Part two. How the West was won -- Rail links and cattle crossings -- The great bovine switch -- Cowboys and Indians -- Grass is gold -- The politics of "corned beef" -- Barbed wire and land scams -- Part three. The industrialization of beef -- The beef trust -- The disassembly line -- Modern meat -- The automated jungle -- The world steer -- Part four. Feeding cattle and starving people -- Cattle everywhere -- Malthus and meat -- The sociology of fat -- Marbled specks of death -- Cows devour people -- Part five. Cattle and the global environmental crisis -- Ecological colonialism -- Tropical pastures -- Hoofed locusts -- Kicking up dust -- Quenching thirst -- Warming up the planet -- Part six. The consciousness of beef-eating cultures -- The psychology of beef -- Meat and gender hierarchies -- Beef, class, and nationalism -- Cattle and the frontier mentality -- The hamburger and the highway culture -- The deconstruction of modern meat -- Cattle and cold evil -- Beyond beef. |
Place Published |
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1992. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
91032285 |
Merged OCLC records |
748282913 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19930317184328 |
Language |
ENG |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
00987pam 2200337 a 45150 |