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BL
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| Record Number
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688875
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b511064
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| Main Entry
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Fussell, Betty Harper
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| Title & Author
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Raising steaks : : the life and times of American beef /\ Betty Fussell
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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Orlando :: Harcourt,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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402 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0151012024
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: 9780151012022
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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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
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| Subject
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Beef cattle-- United States-- History
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Beef industry-- United States-- History
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Beef-- United States
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Cooking (Beef)
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| Dewey Classification
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636.2/130973
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| LC Classification
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SF196.U6F87 2008
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SF196.U6F87 2008
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