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Author:

Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Slaughtering and slaughter-houses--Social aspects--United States.
Meat industry and trade--Social aspects--United States.
Animal welfare--United States.
Pachirat, Timothy,--1976-

Notes:

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.

Series:

Yale agrarian studies series.

ISBN:

0300152671 (alk. paper)
9780300152678 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)720899507

LCCN:

2011017018

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)