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| Author | Tristram Stuart |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2006HarperCollins W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | xxvi, 628, [24] plates |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-712892-1 |
| 613.2/6209 22 | |
| LC Class | TX392 .S86 2007 |
The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarianism and the Discovery of India is a 2006 non-fiction book by English authorTristram Stuart. It was published in the United States asThe Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism From 1600 to Modern Times.[1]
The book documents the history ofvegetarianism in Europe over the last 400 years and argues that Western vegetarian diets were influenced by travellers' tales fromIndia.[1][2][3] Stuart explores the vegetarianism ofThomas Bushell,John Robins,Thomas Tryon,George Cheyne,Roger Crab,John Oswald and others.[1][2][4]
HistorianChandak Sengoopta commented that "The Bloodless Revolution is a wonderful book, crammed with original research and written with verve, wit and passion. The most enthralling work of cultural history I have read in years, it brings out the political, ethical and environmental implications of our dietary choices without any preachiness."[3] PhilosopherA. C. Grayling praised the historical research of the book.[5]
The book was positively reviewed byPublishers Weekly who suggested that "Stuart offers a masterful social and cultural history of a movement that changed the ways people think about the food they eat."[6] A review byKirkus Reviews described it as "Culinary and cultural history intertwined: readable, and endlessly interesting."[7]
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