{"product_id":"2940169185232","title":"Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal. Beef production in the United States had gone from small-scale, localized operations to a highly centralized industry spanning the country, with cattle bred on ranches in the rural West, slaughtered in Chicago, and consumed in the nation¿s rapidly growing cities. \u003ci\u003eRed Meat Republic\u003c\/i\u003e tells the remarkable story of the violent conflict over who would reap the benefits of this new industry and who would bear its heavy costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Specht puts people at the heart of his story¿the big cattle ranchers who helped to drive the nation¿s westward expansion, the meatpackers who created a radically new kind of industrialized slaughterhouse, and the stockyard workers who were subjected to the shocking and unsanitary conditions described by Upton Sinclair in his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e. Specht brings to life a turbulent era marked by Indian wars, Chicago labor unrest, and food riots in the streets of New York. He shows how the enduring success of the cattle-beef complex¿centralized, low cost, and meatpacker dominated¿was a consequence of the meatpackers¿ ability to make their interests overlap with those of a hungry public, while the interests of struggling ranchers, desperate workers, and bankrupt butchers took a backseat. America¿and the American table¿would never be the same again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling and unfailingly enjoyable read, \u003ci\u003eRed Meat Republic\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the complex history of exploitation and innovation behind the food we consume today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179332911344,"sku":"2940169185232","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169185232_p0.jpg?v=1763674722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169185232","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}