Capitalist pigs : pigs, pork, and power in America / J. L. Anderson.
Capitalist pigs : pigs, pork, and power in America / J. L. Anderson.
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Publisher
Morgantown, WV : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/1004
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Making American gehography -- Hogs at home on the range -- Working people's food -- Pigs and the urban slop bucket -- To market, to market -- Swine plagues -- Making bacon and white meat -- Science and the swineherd -- Coda: the future of hogs in America.
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Publisher
Morgantown, WV : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
West Virginia
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Pigs are everywhere in United States history. They cleared frontiers and built cities (notably Cincinnati, once known as Porkopolis), served as an early form of welfare, and were at the center of two nineteenth-century "pig wars." American pork fed the hemisphere; lard literally greased the wheels of capitalism. J.L. Anderson has written an ambiti...
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Capitalist pigs : pigs, pork, and power in America / J. L. Anderson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-276) and index.
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G 2019/1004
Record Identifier
74VKVya3kK3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVya3kK3l
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ISBN
1946684732 (pbk.)
9781946684721 (cloth)
1946684724 (cloth)
9781946684738 (pbk.)
DDC
338.1764
MMS ID
991024232804002626
