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Author:

Iacobbo, Karen.

Title:

Vegetarians and vegans in America today / Karen Iacobbo and Michael Iacobbo ; foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Leila Masson.

Publisher:

Praeger Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xxvi, 201 p. : ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vegetarianism--United States.
Vegetarians--United States.
Vegans--United States.

Other Authors:

Iacobbo, Michael.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.

Contents:

Index. Bruce Jackson -- 10. 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.

Summary:

Explains the vegetarian subculture and its relation to other movements, and to the dominant culture in America.

Series:

American subcultures

ISBN:

9780275990169 (alk. paper)
0275990168 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63705830

LCCN:

2006004353

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)