Should we eat meat? : evolution and consequences of modern carnivory / Vaclav Smil.
This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout history and around the world. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat's role in human evolution and it's growing influence during the development of agricultural practices,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Summary: | This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout history and around the world. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat's role in human evolution and it's growing influence during the development of agricultural practices, the book goes on to examine modern production systems, their costs, efficiencies and outputs. The major global trends of meat consumption are described: what part does meat play in changing modern diets in countries around the world? The heart of the book addresses the consequences of the "massive carnivory." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118278710 1118278712 9781118278703 1118278704 9781118278697 1118278690 9781118278727 1118278720 9781118278680 1118278682 9781299313927 1299313922 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |