Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century

Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century - Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

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This collection of essays explores some of the complex relations between meat and health in the twentieth century. It highlights a complicated array of contradictory attitudes towards meat and human health. They show how meat came to be regarded as a central part of a modern healthy diet and trace critiques of meat-eating and the meat industry.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781138664425
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 641.36
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 272
Weight: 453g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 14mm