| Description |
xxvi, 201 pages : portraits ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
American subcultures |
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American subcultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-196) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Jeffrey MOussaieff Masson and Leila Masson -- Series foreword / Bruce Jackson -- Preface -- List of interviewees -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Vegetarian world -- 1. Transformation : former meat eaters tell their stories -- 2. Food, hospitality, and business -- 3. Culture -- 4. Body and soul : motivations for abstaining from animal flesh, from physical to profound -- 5. Spreading the good news -- pt. 2. Vegetarians in a meat-eating country -- 6. Paradox -- 7. Vegudice -- 8. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of vegetarian rights -- pt. 3. The future of vegetarianism in the United States -- 9. Brave new world : genetically engineered vegetables, laboratory-grown meat, humane slaughter, and "vegetarians" who eat meat -- 10. Hope springs eternal -- Notes -- Selected resources -- Index. |
| Subject |
Vegetarianism -- United States.
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Vegetarians -- United States.
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Vegans -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Iacobbo, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0275990168 alkaline paper |
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9780275990169 alkaline paper |
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