Radical Food: Ethics and politicsThis set reprints a fascinating variety of texts originally published between 1790 and 1820. Offering a unique look at the cultural and literary history of food in the eighteenth century, some highlights include: treatises on food and drink adulteration; vegetarian tracts; the period's most influential pamphlet about boycotting sugar as part of the anti-slavery debate; works on alcohol consumption, Shelley's translation of Euripedes' satyr play about cannibalism; and much more. |
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Contents
The Cottage Cook 384 | 19 |
The Return to Nature or A Defence of the Vegetable | 31 |
On Food | 41 |
The Cry of Nature Or an Appeal to Mercy and to Justice | 143 |
An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food | 171 |
A Vindication of Natural Diet | 274 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Radical Food: Ethics and politics Volume 1 of Radical Food: The Culture and Politics of Eating and Drinking, 1790-1820, Timothy Morton, ISBN 0415148707, 9780415148702 Subcultures and subversions 1750-1850 |
| Editor | Timothy Morton |
| Contributor | Timothy Morton |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis US, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0415203996, 9780415203999 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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