The rise of the Midwestern meat packing industry

The rise of the Midwestern meat packing industry / Margaret Walsh.

The history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the growth and development of the economy of that major industrial region. In the course of one generation, meat packing matured from a small-scale, part-time activity to a specialized manufacturing operation...

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Main Author: Walsh, Margaret, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015], ©1982.
Subjects:
Pork industry and trade > Middle West > History.
Meat industry and trade > Middle West > History.
Packing-houses > Middle West > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Meat industry and trade
Packing-houses
Pork industry and trade
Middle West
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Preface; 1 The Significance of the Midwestern Meat Packing Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; 2 Supply, Process, Markets: The Dominance of Seasonal Elements in the Pioneer Years; 3 Railroads and the Challenge to River Dominance in the Antebellum Years; 4 Changing Patterns of Urban Concentration in the Civil War Period; 5 The Emergence of a Permanent Industry; 6 The Dimensions of Midwestern Pork Packing; Appendix. The Sample of Midwestern Pork Packers Used for Biographical Illustrations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
  • Ab; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w.

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