Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Fussell, Betty Harper, author. Title: Raising steaks : the life and times of American beef / Betty Fussell. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: Orlando : Harcourt, ©2008. Description: 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Provides a look at the history of the beef industry in the United States, including the land wars between the British and Spanish ranchers, the cowboys who roamed their prairies, and the industrial processing machines of the modern day. Subjects: Beef cattle -- United States -- History. Beef industry -- United States -- History. Beef -- United States. Cooking (Beef) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-383) and index. Contents: The cowboy and the machine -- Beefy boys -- Breaking the wild -- Playing cowboy -- The new range wars -- Circling the wagons -- Buffalo commons -- Greening beef -- Good breeding -- The smell of Greeley -- Slaughterhouse blues -- Riding point for the industry -- Mad cows and ethanol -- Beef : it's what's for dinner -- The united steaks of America. Web Site: Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2008017310 ISBN: 9780151012022 0151012024 9780547247694 0547247699 Other Number: 181600450 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 236180 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 636.213 Fussell Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
