"The premise of this book is exciting and timely, touching on an
industrial sector generally overlooked in discussions of the U.S.
economy. This accessible and well-written book will be widely read
and much debated."--Mark Moberg, author of Citrus, Strategy, and
Class: The Politics of Development in Southern Belize
"These essays encapsulate a wide range of the most recent social
science research on the nature of work and concerns of workers in
the modern meatpacking industry. Several essays also describe the
impact of plants and their workers on various small, isolated
communities, and some include prescriptions for change."--Journal
of the West"This book does not just criticize a powerful and
polluting industry, it offers positive policy suggestions, many
simple and well known, on how to control and contain the
process."--Annals of Iowa
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