ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |8 pages

INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

Part I BACKGROUND

chapter 1|9 pages

FOOD = MEAT

chapter 2|10 pages

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEAT EATING

chapter 3|8 pages

A MATTER OF TASTE

chapter 4|9 pages

MORE THAN A MEAL

part |2 pages

Part II MEAT IS MUSCLE

chapter 5|16 pages

EVOLUTION AND ELEVATION

chapter 6|29 pages

THE POWER OF MEAT

chapter 7|25 pages

THE BARBARITY OF MEAT

part |2 pages

Part III MIXED MEATAPHORS

chapter 8|11 pages

THE RELUCTANT CANNIBAL

chapter 9|12 pages

PETS AND OTHER GREY ANIMALS

chapter 10|19 pages

THE JOY OF SEX

part |2 pages

Part IV MODERN MEATOLOGIES

chapter 11|11 pages

ECONOMICS

chapter 12|19 pages

HEALTH

chapter 13|15 pages

ETHICS

chapter 14|14 pages

ECOLOGY

chapter 15|10 pages

CONCLUSIONS