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Joshua Specht

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  • A group of men wearing aprons, dining on beef steaks at a dinner event.

    When Did Cheap Meat Become an “Essential” American Value?

    Keeping meat production moving during the pandemic is dangerous. But history shows that there’s little Americans won’t sacrifice for a cheap steak.
    by Rebecca Onion, Joshua Specht via Slate
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on May 14, 2020
  • Cattle in a stockyard.

    The Price of Plenty: How Beef Changed America

    Exploitation and predatory pricing drove the transformation of the beef industry – and created the model for modern agribusiness.
    by Joshua Specht via The Guardian on May 7, 2019
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Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America
Joshua Specht
2019

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Cattle being funneled onto a train at a stockyard.

The Price of Meat

America’s obsession with beef was born of conquest and exploitation.
by Samuel Moyn via The New Republic
This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
on May 7, 2019
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