Research Catalog

Title

The sausage rebellion : public health, private enterprise, and meat in Mexico City, 1890-1917 / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

Author

Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965-

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2006.

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Details

Description

x, 245 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

"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.

Subjects

• Meat industry and trade > Political aspects > Mexico > Mexico City
• Meat industry and trade > Mexico > Mexico City > History
• Meat industry and trade > State supervision > Mexico > Mexico City
• Meat industry and trade > Government policy > Mexico > Mexico City

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-236) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the original "fresh Mex" -- Ch. 1. The butcher trades -- Ch. 2. The Porfirian jungle -- Ch. 3. The Terrazas trust -- Ch. 4. The Popo challenge -- Ch. 5. The sausage rebellion -- Conclusion : fajitas on the Zocalo.

ISBN

• 0826337961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780826337962 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005022340
• 99821017322

OCLC

• 61228681
• ocm61228681\
• SCSB-5417907

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries