Of Victorians And Vegetarians - 9781845113797
Un libro in lingua di James Gregory edito da Tauris Academic Studies, 2007
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Nineteenth-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of modern vegetarianism in the West. In 'Of Victorians and Vegetarians' James Gregory explores the relationship between this newly organized movement and wider culture and society. It evolved with a myriad of meanings and voices: partly for propagandist reasons, but also because of the varied motivations and characteristcs of vegetarians. Teetotallers, animal lovers, mystics, spiritualists and theosophists, as well as those who saw the diet as an effective and democratic medical treatment, all provided the constituents for a movement whose critics associated it with radicalism and faddism. Frequently counter-cultural, in its association with socialism and communitarianism throughout the period, vegetarianism also expressed in heightened form the already well-established values of self-help, philanthropy, thrift, Puritanism, domesticity and a belief in progress
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Of Victorians And Vegetarians
- Sottotitolo: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain
- Lingua: English
- Autore: James Gregory
- Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
- Collana: Tauris Academic Studies (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 18 Settembre '07
- Genere: HISTORY
- Argomenti : Vegetarianism Great Britain History 19th century Vegetarianism Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century
- Pagine: 313
- Peso gr: 543
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 146 x 31
- ISBN-10: 1845113799
- EAN-13: 9781845113797