| Description |
1 online resource (252 unnumbered pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Contemporary world issues |
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Contemporary world issues.
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| Contents |
History and background -- Problems, issues, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology -- Glossary |
| Summary |
This detailed and comprehensive overview of meat-free diets introduces readers to their long history in human cultures and analyzes some of the important questions and issues surrounding their practice in today's world. The text illustrates the rich background of individuals who have promoted and practiced vegetarianism throughout the ages; describes some reasons that people choose to become vegetarians or vegans; discusses the positive and negative nutritional issues involved in living a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle; and comments on reasons that some people have (sometimes strong) opposition to vegetarian and/or vegan lifestyles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF file page (EBSCO, viewed June 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Vegetarianism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Veganism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Food & society.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Veganism
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Vegetarianism
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781440867644 |
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144086764X |
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