Meat : a natural symbol

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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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Fiddes, Nick, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1991
Subjects:
Meat.
Food > Symbolic aspects.
Food habits.
Food preferences.
Carnivora.
Meat industry and trade.
Packing-houses.
Meat
Feeding Behavior
Food Preferences
Carnivora
Meat-Packing Industry
Carnivora (order)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary: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 environmental destruction
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and indexes
ISBN:9780203283929
0203283929
9780203168141
0203168143
0415048370
9780415048378
9781134878826
1134878826
9781134878772
113487877X
9781134878819
1134878818
9781138834071
1138834076
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record

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