Bloodless Revolution.BLOODLESS blood·less adj. 1. Deficient in or lacking blood. 2. Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips. 3. REVOLUTION By Tristram Stuart Tristram Stuart is an English author and historian. Stuart read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating in 1999. He writes for newspapers in India, and has occasionally appeared on UK radio and television as an exponent of freeganism. He is the author of (W.W. Bloodless Revolution is not light reading. This 416-page book focuses on the cultural history of vegetarianism Vegetarianism is the theory and practice of voluntarily never consuming the flesh of any animal (including sea animals) with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives, such as dairy products or eggs[1]. from 1600 to modern times. The author, Tristram Stuart, is a graduate of Cambridge University and is a relatively young historian. This is his first book; however, he was previously a freelance writer for several Indian newspapers. The book introduces readers to puritanical revolutionaries, Europeans devoted to Hindu philosophy, and visionary scientists who embraced Eastern ideas and worked to overthrow Western society's hunger for meat. You'll find information on philosopher Pythagoras, physicist Isaac Newton, mathematician Rend Descartes, physician George Cheyne, poets Percy Shelley and Henry David Thoreau, the Shakers, Mahatma mahatma (məhăt`mə, –hät`–) [Sanskrit,=great-souled], honorific title used in India among Hindus for a person of superior holiness. Mohandas Gandhi is the best-known figure to whom the title was applied. Gandhi, and many others. The book includes historical illustrations and is well-footnoted. Bloodless Revolution (ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 10-39305220-6) is a hardcover book published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., and retails for $26.95. Look for this book in your local bookstore or online. Reviewed by Debra Wasserman. |
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