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Competition and Regulation: The Development of Oligopoly in the Meat Packing Industry
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This article is published in Technology and Culture.The article was published on 1983-04-01. It has received 49 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oligopoly & Meat packing industry.read more
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From Settlement to Fordism: The Agro-Industrial Revolution in the American Midwest
Brian Page,Richard Walker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the evolution of industry and productive capabilities, starting from the very earliest periods of settlement and the symbiotic relation of agriculture and manufacturing in a process of agro-industrialization, and the particular materials processing and farm supply sectors that led midwestern growth.
Assessing Competition In Meatpacking: Economic History, Theory, and Evidence
Azzeddine Azzam,Dale G Anderson +1 more
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Technological variety, technological change and a geography of production techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how these geographical differences move over time, measuring the processes that drive the creation and destruction of the range of production techniques across industries and regions in the US economy, and reveal significant spatial differences in the production techniques employed by manufacturing plants in the same industry.
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Mechanical Refrigeration and the Integration of Perishable Commodity Markets
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a history of the economic impact of mechanical refrigeration in the United States and examine spatial and temporal aspects of market integration, and conclude that the adoption had a significant impact on both temporal and spatial butter price relationships.
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The Origins of State Pure Food Regulation
TL;DR: In the late 1800s, state governments in America began to regulate the food industry as discussed by the authors, and by 1900 nearly every state had passed some kind of pure food or pure dairy legislation that made it illegal to sell adulterated food products.
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From Settlement to Fordism: The Agro-Industrial Revolution in the American Midwest
Brian Page,Richard Walker +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the evolution of industry and productive capabilities, starting from the very earliest periods of settlement and the symbiotic relation of agriculture and manufacturing in a process of agro-industrialization, and the particular materials processing and farm supply sectors that led midwestern growth.
Assessing Competition In Meatpacking: Economic History, Theory, and Evidence
Azzeddine Azzam,Dale G Anderson +1 more
Journal ArticleDOI
Technological variety, technological change and a geography of production techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine how these geographical differences move over time, measuring the processes that drive the creation and destruction of the range of production techniques across industries and regions in the US economy, and reveal significant spatial differences in the production techniques employed by manufacturing plants in the same industry.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mechanical Refrigeration and the Integration of Perishable Commodity Markets
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a history of the economic impact of mechanical refrigeration in the United States and examine spatial and temporal aspects of market integration, and conclude that the adoption had a significant impact on both temporal and spatial butter price relationships.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Origins of State Pure Food Regulation
TL;DR: In the late 1800s, state governments in America began to regulate the food industry as discussed by the authors, and by 1900 nearly every state had passed some kind of pure food or pure dairy legislation that made it illegal to sell adulterated food products.