{"product_id":"should-we-eat-meat-9781118278727","title":"Should We Eat Meat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat's role in human evolution and its growing influence during the development of agricultural practices, the book goes on to examine modern production systems, their efficiencies, outputs, and impacts. The major global trends of meat consumption are described in order to find out what part its consumption plays in changing modern diets in countries around the world. The heart of the book addresses the consequences of the massive carnivory of western diets, looking at the inefficiencies of production and at the huge impacts on land, water, and the atmosphere. Health impacts are also covered, both positive and neg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVaclav Smil receives 2015 OPEC Award for Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eSumming Up: Recommended.\u003c\/b\u003e Upper-division undergraduates and above.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 January 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Meat in Nutrition 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat Eating and Health: Benefits and Concerns 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat and its nutrients 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat as a source of food energy 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHigh-quality protein and human growth 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarnivory and civilizational diseases 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiseased meat 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Meat in Human Evolution 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHunting Wild Animals: Meat in Human Evolution 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimates and hominins 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat consumption during the Paleolithic period 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtinction of the late Pleistocene megafauna 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHunting in different ecosystems 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWild meat in sedentary societies 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional Societies: Animals, Diets and Limits 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestication of animals 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopulation densities and environmental imperatives 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong stagnation of typical meat intakes 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoidances, taboos and proscriptions 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat as a prestige food 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Meat in Modern Societies 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDietary Transitions: Modernization of Tastes 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrbanization and industrialization 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-distance meat trade 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat in the Western dietary transition 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransitions in modernizing economies 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization of tastes 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutput and Consumption: Modern Meat Chain 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging life cycles 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlaughtering of animals 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcessing meat 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsuming and wasting meat 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking sense of meat statistics 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 What It Takes to Produce Meat 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Meat Production: Practices and Trends 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat from pastures and mixed farming 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfined animal feeding 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimal feedstuffs 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProductivity efficiencies and changes 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreatment of animals 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat: An Environmentally Expensive Food 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnimal densities and aggregate zoomass 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging animal landscapes 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntensive production of feedstuffs 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater use and water pollution 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat and the atmosphere 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Possible Futures 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Rational Meat Eating: Alternatives and Adjustments 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeatless diets 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeat substitutes and cultured meat 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtein from other animal foodstuffs 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLess meaty diets 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA large potential for rational meat production 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProspects for Change 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 251\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406845780311,"sku":"9781118278727","price":28.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118278727.jpg?v=1730497320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/should-we-eat-meat-9781118278727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}