Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation - Hardcover

Horowitz, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801882400 ISBN 13: 9780801882401

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Engagingly written and richly illustrated, Putting Meat on the American Table explains how America became a meat-eating nation―from the colonial period to the present. It examines the relationships between consumer preference and meat processing―looking closely at the production of beef, pork, chicken, and hot dogs.

Roger Horowitz argues that a series of new technologies have transformed American meat. He draws on detailed consumption surveys that shed new light on America's eating preferences―especially differences associated with income, rural versus urban areas, and race and ethnicity.

Putting Meat on the American Table will captivate general readers and interest all students of the history of food, technology, business, and American culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Horowitz is associate director of the Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library, Greenville, Delaware.

Review:

A lively study which will also earn a place on the college bookshelf for its scholarly side.

(Diane Donovan California Bookwatch)

The best book on the subject I've seen since I read The Jungle.

(John Goodspeed Easton Star Democrat)

A compact, clearly written volume.

(Timothy B. Spears Business History Review)

For anyone interested in the food production or consumption, this book is indispensable.

(Gabriella M. Petrick Enterprise and Society)

An unusually engaging piece of scholarship and a fascinating introduction to the topic.

(Mark R. Finlay History: Reviews of New Books)

A story superbly told with wisdom and wit, richly written and beautifully illustrated with early photographs and print advertisements.

(Donald D. Stull Register of the Kentucky Historical Society)

Horowitz covers a broad swath of food history in a short and accessible book.

(Deborah Fink American Historical Review)

It is not a particularly pretty story, but it is one that Horowitz tells well.

(Harvey Levenstein Journal of American History)

An important work of historical scholarship.

(Andrew P. Haley Southern Quarterly)

Horowitz's study is a solid, well-researched, and nuanced piece of work.

(Coll Thrush Food, Culture, and Society)

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0801882400
• ISBN 13: 9780801882401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192