Vegetarianism: A History by Colin Spencer

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  • ISBN 10 1568582919
  • ISBN 13 9781568582917
  • Published Jan 30 2004
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Four Walls Eight Windows
  • Imprint Four Walls Eight Windows

Publishers Text

Colin Spencer provides an in-depth account of vegetarianism. From prehistory to the present, he discusses those who came to vegetarianism by choice, from the religion who preach it such as Hinduism and Seventh-Day Adventism, to the individuals who practice it, including Leonardo DaVinci and ironically, Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, vegetarians have been maligned and persecuted by the meat-eating brethren. Spencer looks at the psychology of abstention, the ideas behind a meat-free life, as well as the environmental effect meat production and the implications of genetic engineering. Although the vegetarianism movement dates back to 600B.C., it is only now becoming a practice valued by many who previously wondered, Where's the beef?

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