The Rise of the Midwestern Meat Packing Industry - Paperback

by Margaret Walsh (Author)

The history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the growth and development of the economy of that major industrial region. In the course of one generation, meat packing matured from a small-scale, part-time activity to a specialized manufacturing operation. Margaret Walsh's pioneering study traces the course of that development, shedding light on an unexamined aspect of America's economic history. As the Midwest emerged from the frontier period during

Author Biography

Margaret Walsh is lecturer in economic history at the University of Birmingham in England and is the author of The American Frontier Revisited