The sausage rebellion
Subtitle: public health, private enterprise, and meat in Mexico City, 1890-1917
By: Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Meat industry and trade -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- History; Meat industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- Mexico City; Meat industry and trade -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- State supervision; Meat industry and trade -- Government policy -- Mexico -- Mexico City
Description: "Through a detailed examination of meat provisioning, this book illuminates the process of industrialization in the final two decades of the Porfirio Diaz dictatorship and the popular origins of the Revolution of 1910 in Mexico City. Archival sources from Mexico and the United States provide a unique perspective on high-level Porfirian negotiations with foreign investors. The book also examines revolutionary resistance, including strikes, industrial sabotage, and assassination attempts on the foreign managers. Unlike the meatpacking "Jungle" of Chicago, Mexican butchers succeeded in preserving their traditional craft."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.