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Author Pachirat, Timothy, 1976- author.

Title Every twelve seconds : industrialized slaughter and the politics of sight / Timothy Pachirat
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : illustrations
Series Yale agrarian studies series
Yale agrarian studies.
Contents Hidden in plain sight -- The place where blood flows -- Kill floor -- "Es todo por hoy" -- One hundred thousand livers -- Killing at close range -- Control of quality -- Quality of control -- A politics of sight
Summary The author relates his experiences working five months undercover at a slaughterhouse, and explores why society encourages this violent labor yet keeps the details of the work hidden
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pachirat, Timothy, 1976-
SUBJECT Pachirat, Timothy, 1976- fast
Betriebsverein Alter Schlachthof Wels gnd
Subject Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Social aspects -- United States
Meat industry and trade -- Social aspects -- United States
Animal welfare -- United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
Technology.
Animal welfare
Fleischindustrie
Schlachtung
Fleischverarbeitende Industrie
Arbeitsbedingungen
Soziale Wahrnehmung
Tierethik
Tierrecht
Slakt -- sociala aspekter -- Förenta staterna.
Slakterier -- Förenta Staterna.
Köttproduktion -- Förenta staterna.
Djurskydd -- Förenta starna.
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011017018
ISBN 030015268X
9780300152685
Other Titles Every 12 seconds