Slaughterhouse Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made |
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Author:
| Pacyga, Dominic A. |
ISBN: | 978-0-226-12309-7 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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An engrossing and startling history of Chicago’s Union Stock Yard, Dominic Pacyga’s meticulous and fresh book addresses more than the rise and fall of the industrial district that for so long was a critical part of what defined Chicago, its immigrants, its economy, its environmental health (or lack thereof), and its politics. While Pacyga knows those aspects like few others dohaving grown up in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and worked in the stockyards himself as...
More DescriptionAn engrossing and startling history of Chicago’s Union Stock Yard, Dominic Pacyga’s meticulous and fresh book addresses more than the rise and fall of the industrial district that for so long was a critical part of what defined Chicago, its immigrants, its economy, its environmental health (or lack thereof), and its politics. While Pacyga knows those aspects like few others dohaving grown up in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and worked in the stockyards himself as a young manhe has here unearthed a history of gruesome spectacle amid the flowering of industrial modernity. A tourist attraction, an industrial marvel, and the crucible of our industrialized food system, the stockyards have long been a critical part of what made Chicago Chicagoand even today, innovation continues to flourish there, as new forms of agriculture and industry take shape on this charmed site.