Author: SPENCER, COLIN
Title: The heretic's feast : a history of vegetarianism / Colin Spencer
Description: London : Fourth Estate 1993. First Edition. Very good cloth copy (boards somewhat stained). in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Hugo Dunn-Meynell to front pastedown. Physical description: xiii. 402 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. [384]-389) and index. Summary: Vegetarianism has often been closely allied to radical movements in religion and philosophy. This history of vegetarianism could also be viewed as a history of radical movements which have questioned society's orthodoxy. Subject: Diet. Vegetarian - history. Vegetarianism - History. Animal welfare - Ethical aspects. Food - Symbolic aspects. Meat. Vegetarian cookery ; Dietetics & nutrition ; Social & cultural history. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diets. Genre: Bibliography. text. ISBN: 1857020782. Weight in Kg appr.:

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