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1	Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game more books like this by John J Mettler add to wishlist Clear, concise advice for those who want to slaughter their own animals. see all copies from $10.90! new only from $10.90! \| SVS
2	Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect and Inhumane Treatment Inside Th U.S. Meat Industry more books like this by Gail A Eisnitz add to wishlist "Slaughterhouse" is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years - particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation - have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is also the first time ever that workers have spoken publicly ... see all copies from $7.88! new only from $14.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America more books like this by Donald D Stull, Michael J Broadway, Eric Schlosser (Foreword by) add to wishlist This text draws on more than 15 years of research by the authors, a cultural anthropologist and a social geographer, to present a detailed look at the meat and poultry industry in the United States and Canada. Following chapters on the beef, poultry, and pork industries, the book examines industry impacts on workers and on the communities that ... see all copies from $16.76! new only from $31.97!
4	Butchering, Processing, Etc. Meat more books like this by Frank G. Ashbrook add to wishlist see all copies from $14.15! new only from $79.99! \| first editions
5	Animal to Edible more books like this by Noelie Vialles add to wishlist Why do we find it necessary to slaughter living animals in order to enjoy their flesh? And why does this act offend our sensibilities, without necessarily making us into vegetarians? We no longer tolerate sacrifices, public butchering during festivals, butchers operating openly in the middle of our cities. Today, animals are killed in invisible ... see all copies from $10.09! new only from $22.77! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Meat We Eat more books like this by John R Romans add to wishlist see all copies from $7.88! new only from $66.00! \| SVS
7	An American Trilogy: Death, Slavery, and Dominion on the Banks of the Cape Fear River more books like this by Steven M Wise add to wishlist Acclaimed author Steven Wise traces the path that led from the near extinction of native peoples, through slavery, to factory farming in this devastating portrait of American History through the lives of its most vulnerable The Cape Fear River runs through Bladen County, North Carolina, population 33,000. On its western bank, in the Town of Tar ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Slaughterhouse Cases: Regulation, Reconstruction, and the Fourteenth Amendment more books like this by Ronald M Labbe, Jonathan Lurie add to wishlist The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important test did not arise until five years later. That test centered on a vitriolic dispute among the white butchers of mid-Reconstruction New Orleans. The rough-and-tumble world of nineteenth-century New Orleans ... see all copies from $11.94! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Killing Animals more books like this by Animal Studies Group (Creator) add to wishlist Though not often acknowledged openly, killing represents by far the most common form of human interaction with animals. Humans kill animals for food, for pleasure, to wear, and even as religious acts, yet despite the ubiquity of this killing, analyzing the practice has generally remained the exclusive purview of animal rights advocates. "Killing ... see all copies from $18.16! new only from $18.43! \| first editions
10	Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse more books like this by Paula Young Lee (Editor) add to wishlist This book offers an interdisciplinary look at the rise of the slaughterhouse in nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas.Over the course of the nineteenth century, factory slaughterhouses replaced the hand-slaughter of livestock by individual butchers, who often performed this task in back rooms, letting blood run through streets. A wholly ... see all copies from $26.00! new only from $52.82! \| first editions
11	Home Butchering and Meat Preservation more books like this by Geeta Dardick, Sam Dardick (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $36.16! first editions
12	Meat Technology: A Practical Textbook for Student and Butcher more books like this by Frank Gerrard add to wishlist see all copies from $22.70!
13	Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants more books like this by Human Rights Watch add to wishlist see all copies from $10.21!
14	Animal Welfare & Meat Science more books like this by Neville G Gregory, Temple Grandin, G Neville Gregory add to wishlist This text provides a general review of current knowledge of the welfare of farmed animals, including fish, as this impacts upon meat quality. It represents a textbook for graduate level courses in animal welfare or meat science, but should also be of interest to a range of readers in animal, veterinary and food sciences, and in applied ethology. see all copies from $98.50! new only from $98.50!
15 view cover	Al-dhabh : slaying animals for food the Islamic way more books like this by Ghulam Mustafa Khan add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00!
16 view cover	Handbook Meat Product Technolog-00 more books like this by Michael D Ranken, Blackwell Science (Creator) add to wishlist This practical book is written for meat technologists involved with the manufacture of meat products. It should also be of value to students and those in research and government institutions. Clear descriptions of the science underlying meat technology enable readers to understand the relative importance of their day-to-day activities. BSE and ... see all copies from $116.50! new only from $116.50!
17	Slaughterhouse Cleaning and Sanitation more books like this by Tove Skaarup add to wishlist see all copies from $14.95!
18	The Islamic Laws of Animal Slaughter: A Discussion on the Islamic Laws for Slaughtering Animals & a Survey of Modern-Day Slaughtering Methods more books like this by Muhammad Taqi Usmani add to wishlist see all copies from $73.29! new only from $83.25!
19	Cattle Inspection more books like this by Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $17.11!
20	The meat we eat more books like this by Percival Thomas Ziegler add to wishlist see all copies from $2.89!
21	The slaughter of animals for food more books like this by John Galsworthy add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! first editions
22	How to Be Your Own Butcher more books like this by Leon Lobel, Stanley Lobel, Evan Lobel add to wishlist see all copies from $5.58! first editions
23	Report on the welfare of livestock (red meat animals) at the time of slaughter more books like this by Farm Animal Welfare Council (Great Britain) add to wishlist see all copies from $27.83!
24	Slaughtering, cutting, and processing beef on the farm more books like this by Richard L. Hiner add to wishlist see all copies from $17.60!
25	Livestock slaughtering in Britain : a changing industry more books like this by Simon Harris, David Hugh Pickard add to wishlist see all copies from $28.22!

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