""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1: The Political Economy of Meat""; ""Chapter 2: Meat and the Social Hierarchy""; ""Chapter 3: Liberty and Regulation in the Cattle Markets""; ""Chapter 4: Order and Disorder in the Urban Meat Markets""; ""Chapter 5: Guild Unity and Discord""; ""Chapter 6: In the Service of a Master: Apprentices and Journeymen""; ""Chapter 7: Building the Family Firm: Marriage and Succession""; ""Chapter 8: Butcher Fortune and the Workings of Credit""; ""CONCLUSTION: The Rise of Meat""; ""APPENDIX""; ""NOTES""
Summary
In eighteenth century Paris, municipal authorities, guild officers, merchant butchers, stall workers, and tripe dealers pledged to provide a steady supply of healthful meat to urban elites and the working poor. 'Meat Matters' considers the formation of th
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index
