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Meat : a natural symbol /

This book is a broad-ranging and provocative study of the human passion for meat. It will intrigue anyone who has ever wondered why meat is important to us; why we eat some animals but not others; why vegetarianism is increasing; why we aren't cannibals; and how meat is associated with environm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fiddes, Nick, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Food = meat
  • A brief history of meat eating
  • A matter of taste
  • More than a meal
  • Evolution and elevation
  • The power of meat
  • The barbarity of meat
  • The reluctant cannibal
  • Pets and other grey animals
  • The joy of sex
  • Economics
  • Health
  • Ethics
  • Ecology
  • Conclusions