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Author:   Rod Preece
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.732kg
ISBN:  

9780774815093

ISBN 10:   0774815094
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   07 October 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Bill of Fare to the Feast: The Whats and Whys ofVegetarianism 1: The Human in Prehistory 2: Eastern Religions and Practice 3: Pythagoreanism 4: Greek Philosophy and Roman Imperium 5: Judaism and The Earlier Christian Heritage 6: Bogomils, Cathars, and the Later Medieval Mind 7: The Humanism of the Renaissance 8: The Cartesians and their Adversaries in the Seventeenth andEighteenth Centuries 9: Preaching without Practising: From Mandeville and Pope to Goldsmithand Wagner 10: Militant Advocates: From Oswald and Ritson to Shelley, Phillips,and Gompertz 11: The Victorians, the Edwardians, and the Founding of the VegetarianSociety 12: Vegetarians and Vegans in the Twentieth Century 13: Vegetarianism in North America Postscript: Prospects

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In the field of animal studies, Rod Preece is a world-renowned scholar, and this current volume confirms that his reputation is well deserved. - Jodey Castricano, editor of Animal Subjects Preece's nuanced assessments of this history are worthy of consideration by both animal rightists and their opponents. - Daniel A. Dombrowski, author of The Philosophy of Vegetarianism The issue of our ethical obligations to nonhuman animals has been the subject of lively debate, and many books have been written on the subject. Sins of the Flesh will be an important addition to this literature. - Steve F. Sapontzis, author of Morals, Reason, and Animals

"""In the field of animal studies, Rod Preece is a world-renowned scholar, and this current volume confirms that his reputation is well deserved. - Jodey Castricano, editor of Animal Subjects Preece's nuanced assessments of this history are worthy of consideration by both animal rightists and their opponents. - Daniel A. Dombrowski, author of The Philosophy of Vegetarianism The issue of our ethical obligations to nonhuman animals has been the subject of lively debate, and many books have been written on the subject. Sins of the Flesh will be an important addition to this literature. - Steve F. Sapontzis, author of Morals, Reason, and Animals"""

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 Rod Preece is a professor emeritus atWilfrid Laurier University.

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