Vegetarianism : a history /
Spencer, Colin, 1933-
Vegetarianism : a history / Colin Spencer. - Second edition. - xiv, 384 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published as The heretic's feast. London : Fourth Estate, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword for 2nd Edition -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- In the Beginning -- Pythagoras and His Inheritance -- India -- Plato to Porphyry -- Early Christianity -- Gnostic Sects and the Manicheans -- The Bogomils, the Cathars and the Orthodox Church -- The Renaissance -- The Clockwork Universe -- The Rise of Humanism -- Docks and Dandelions -- Sunlight and Sandals -- Sentient or Machine? -- Afterword -- The Later History of Buddhism -- Manicheanism in China -- Modern Hinduism -- App. 4: The Rise of the Vegetarian Cookery Book -- Notes -- A Select Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3.
1902304586 9781902304588
Vegetarianism--History
Vegetarianism--Religious aspects
Diet, Vegetarian--history
TX392 / .S645 2000b
613.26209
Vegetarianism : a history / Colin Spencer. - Second edition. - xiv, 384 pages ; 24 cm
Originally published as The heretic's feast. London : Fourth Estate, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword for 2nd Edition -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- In the Beginning -- Pythagoras and His Inheritance -- India -- Plato to Porphyry -- Early Christianity -- Gnostic Sects and the Manicheans -- The Bogomils, the Cathars and the Orthodox Church -- The Renaissance -- The Clockwork Universe -- The Rise of Humanism -- Docks and Dandelions -- Sunlight and Sandals -- Sentient or Machine? -- Afterword -- The Later History of Buddhism -- Manicheanism in China -- Modern Hinduism -- App. 4: The Rise of the Vegetarian Cookery Book -- Notes -- A Select Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. App. 1. App. 2. App. 3.
1902304586 9781902304588
Vegetarianism--History
Vegetarianism--Religious aspects
Diet, Vegetarian--history
TX392 / .S645 2000b
613.26209