Vegetarianism : A History

Colin Spencer provides an in-depth account of vegetarianism. From prehistory to the present, he discusses those who came to vegetarianism by choice, from the religion who preach it such as Hinduism and Seventh-Day Adventism, to the individuals who practice it, including Leonardo DaVinci and ironically, Adolf Hitler. Throughout history, vegetarians have been maligned and persecuted by the meat-eating brethren. Spencer looks at the psychology of abstention, the ideas behind a meat-free life, as well as the environmental effect meat production and the implications of genetic engineering. Although the vegetarianism movement dates back to 600B.C., it is only now becoming a practice valued by many who previously wondered, Where's the beef?