Chicken: A History from Farmyard to Factory

by Paul R Josephson and Paul R. Josephson

Book Overview

Why has the chicken become the meat par excellence, the most plentifully eaten and popular animal protein in the world, consumed from Beijing to Barcelona? As renowned historian Paul Josephson shows, the story of the chicken's rise involves a whole host of factors; from art, to nineteenth-century migration patterns to cold-war geopolitics. And whereas sheep needed too much space, or the cow was difficult to transport, these compact, lightweight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509525912
• ISBN13: 9781509525911
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"