Taste, trade and technology : the development of the international meat industry since 1840 / Richard Perren.

  • Perren, Richard.
Date:
[2006], ©2006
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Description

"Focusing on the interactions of producers, sellers and consumers of meat across the world, Richard Perren elucidates aspects of the evolution of the international economy and the part played by the investment of capital and the enterprise of individuals. The study utilises the government reports and papers issued by all countries involved in the meat trade, including North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and Britain."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication/Creation

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.

Contents

New suppliers -- Technical advance -- Capital and markets -- War and depression -- Production and output -- Government and business -- Shortages and plenty -- Tastes and incomes -- Governments and questions of welfare.

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    History of Medicine
    DFWM.AA8-10
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ISBN

  • 0754636488
  • 9780754636489