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
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-247) and indexes
