A Taste for Purity An Entangled History of Vegetarianism |
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| Author:
| Hauser, Julia |
| Series title: | Columbia Studies in International and Global History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-20753-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2023 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $57.95 |
Book Description:
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Julia Hauser explores the global history of vegetarianism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. She demonstrates that vegetarians in India and the West shared notions of purity, which drew some toward not only internationalism and anticolonialism but also racism, nationalism, and violence.
Julia Hauser explores the global history of vegetarianism from the mid-nineteenth century to the early Cold War. She demonstrates that vegetarians in India and the West shared notions of purity, which drew some toward not only internationalism and anticolonialism but also racism, nationalism, and violence.