Routledge Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)

Product Description This collection of essays explores some of the complex relations between meat and health in the twentieth century. It highlights a complicated array of contradictory attitudes towards meat and human health. They show how meat came to be regarded as a central part of a modern healthy diet and trace critiques of meat-eating and the meat industry. Review 'an excellent contribution...this well organized and interesting book certainly belongs on the shelves of university libraries, and researchers and teachers with particular interest in the topic of food and health will find it stimulating and useful.' Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 'a fascinating collection of essays ... an excellent addition to the medical historiography' Social History of Medicine