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Author Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-

Title Every twelve seconds : industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight / Timothy Pachirat.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  664.9029 P116e 2011    ---  Available
Description xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series Yale agrarian studies series
Yale agrarian studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Hidden in plain sight -- The place where blood flows -- Kill floor -- "Es todo por hoy" -- One hundred thousand livers -- Killing at close range -- Control of quality -- Quality of control -- A politics of sight.
Subject Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Social aspects -- United States.
Meat industry and trade -- Social aspects -- United States.
Animal welfare -- United States.
Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-
ISBN 9780300152678 (alk. paper)
0300152671 (alk. paper)

 
    
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