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OverviewBoth horrified and fascinated by a visit with his geography students to the Canada Packers Lethbridge plant, Ian MacLachlan searched for a book that would explain the main features of the Canadian meat packing industry. Finding very little available, he set about writing an account of the industry that is both an economic geography and economic history. Comprehensive in its treatment of the whole system surrounding the Canadian beef industry, Kill and Chill offers a history of the structural changes in Canada's cattle and beef commodity chain, beginning with calf production and cattle feeding on farms and feedlots. It goes on to describe the changes in cattle marketing, the historical development of meatpacking-in particular the emergence of Canada's 'Big Three' meatpacking firms-and the rise of meatpacking unionism. Carrying the story almost to the present with the takeover of Maple Leaf by the McCain family in the mid-1990s, the work concludes with a discussion of current trends in retail beef marketing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian MacLachlanPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.712kg ISBN: 9780802008473ISBN 10: 080200847 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 08 December 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationIan MacLachlan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Lethbridge. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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