Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America (Histories of Economic Life)

How beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complex

By the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal.…

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