Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking
- ISBN-10
- 1587297744
- ISBN-13
- 9781587297748
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Author
- Wilson J. Warren
Description
Tied to the Great Packing Machine tells the dramatic story of meatpacking’s enormous effects on the economics, culture, and environment of the Midwest over the past century and a half.
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