Rio de Janeiro in the Global Meat Market, c. 1850 to c. 1930 : How Fresh and Salted Meat Arrived at the Carioca Table

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This book examines the meat provision system of Rio de Janeiro from the 1850s to the 1930s. Until the 1920s, Rio was Brazil’s economic hub, main industrial city, and prime consumer market. Meat consumption was an indicator of living standards and a matter of public concern. The work unveils that in the second half of the nineteenth century, the city was well supplied with red meat. Initially, dwellers relied mostly on salted meat; then, in the latter decades of the 1800s, two sets of changes upgraded fresh meat deliveries. First, ranching expansion and transportation innovation in southeast and central-west Brazil guaranteed a continuous flow of cattle to Rio. Second, the municipal centralization of meat processing and distribution made its provision regular and predictable. By the early twentieth century, fresh meat replaced salted meat in the urban marketplace. This study examines these developments in light of national and global developments in the livestock and meat industries. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Glossary Note on Orthography Introduction Brazil in the Empire (1822–1889) and the First Republic (1889–1930) Rio de Janeiro: Brazil’s Prime City Rio de Janeiro: A Case Study of Meat in the Marketplace Notes Bibliography Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 1: Foodways and Diet in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro The Brazilian Food Triad: Beans, Manioc Meal, and Charque The Rise of Nutrition Studies in Brazil and a New Diet for Cariocas Two Commodity Chains: Charque and Fresh Meat in Rio de Janeiro Notes Bibliography Archives Consulted Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 2: Changing Patterns of Spatial Distribution in Rio de Janeiro’s Meat Provisioning System (c. 1850–c. 1880) The Santa Luzia Slaughterhouse and the Municipal Monopoly A New Matadouro for Rio de Janeiro and the Advent of the Açougue Monstro From the “Empire of Filth” to a “Majestic Building Complex”: The Santa Cruz Slaughterhouse Notes Bibliography Archives Consulted Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 3: Charque for All: Technology, Taste, and Status in Rio de Janeiro (c. 1850–c. 1900) Technology: Slave Food, Commensal Food, and Food for the Poor Taste: Medical Discourse and Cookery Books Status: Charque with Beans, “The Usual Dish for Poor People and Often the Higher Classes” Notes Bibliography Archives Consulted Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 4: Brazil as a Tropical Producer: Improving and Supplying Cattle for Rio de Janeiro (c. 1850–c.1930) Market Needs and Cattle Supply Areas Selecting a Better Breed for the Tropics: The Introduction of Zebu Cattle in Brazil Driving Livestock to Markets: The Railways Disrupt Cattle Trails Notes Bibliography Archives Consulted Newspapers and Magazines Government Documents and Publications Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 5: The Public Abattoir Banishes Charque from the Carioca Table (c. 1890–c. 1910) The Apogee of the Public Abattoir System and the Demise of Charque The Decline of the Saladero Industry in Argentina and Uruguay Rio Grande do Sul in a “Crusade against Charque” Notes Bibliography Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 6: Meatpacking Companies and a New Politics of Provision in Rio de Janeiro (c.1910–c.1930) The Arrival of Meatpacking Companies in Brazil Struggles over an “Old, Nasty, and Inconvenient Monopoly,” the Municipal Retreat from its Meat Supply Obligations Meatpacking Companies in the Age of New Food Policies Notes Bibliography Archives Consulted Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Chapter 7: Epilogue: The Fragilities of Globalization: Beef and the Environment Notes Bibliography Government Documents and Publications Newspapers and Magazines Other Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index