Kill and Chill: Restructuring Canada's Beef Commodity Chain. By Ian MacLachlan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. Pp. xiv, 378. $70.00.
本书全面介绍了19世纪末至今加拿大牛肉商品供应链，涵盖从屠宰到冷藏运输再到零售的各个环节，填补了该领域的研究空白。
Ian MacLachlan has written an excellent overview and introduction to the beef-commodity supply chain in Canada, as it has existed from the late nineteenth century to the present. From the “kill” of slaughtering, to the “chill” of the refrigerated train car or truck, to the roast or hamburger in the supermarket, MacLachlan concisely describes all aspects of this important, but understudied, Canadian agricultural and consumer product. As there are no comparable studies that cover this time period or this number of aspects of beef production and sale, his book fills a research niche in the examination of Canada's past and “almost present” agricultural history.