Vegetarianism: A History - Hardcover

Spencer, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568582382 ISBN 13: 9781568582382

Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002

Synopsis

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 religions who preach it such as Hinduism and Seventh-Day Adventism, to the individuals who practice it, including Leonardo da Vinci and, ironically, Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, vegetarians have been maligned and persecuted by their meat-eating brethren. Spencer looks at the psychology of abstention, the ideas behind a meat-free diet, as well as the environmental effects of meat production and the implications of genetic engineering. Although the vegetarian movement dates back to 600 B.C., it is only now becoming a practice valued by many who previously would have wondered, “Where’s the beef?”

About this title

About the Author:

Colin Spencer is an English writer and artist who has produced a prolific body of work in a wide variety of media since his first published short stories and drawings appeared in The London Magazine and Encounter when he was 22. His work includes novels, short stories, non-fiction (including histories of food and of homosexuality), cookery books, stage and television plays, paintings and drawings, book and magazine illustrations. He has written and presented a television documentary on vandalism, appeared in numerous radio and television programmes and lectured on food history, literature and social issues. For fourteen years he wrote a regular food column for The Guardian.

Review:

"A history of religion and diet...totally absorbing and fascinating." (The Telegraph)

About this edition

• Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1568582382
• ISBN 13: 9781568582382
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400