Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America. – Is the End of the Industry Coming?

The beef industry literally and figuratively reshaped the American landscape. A new book explores the evolution of the cattle business, from the displacement of American Indians, the rise of ranchers, the ascendancy of meatpackers, and its indelible mark on American industrialization.

It was a system predicated on land dispossession, low wages, animal abuse, rancher impoverishment, and environmental degradation.”

By Bryce Oates

Author Q&A: American History, as Told through Beef

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