Beyond Beef: Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture - Brossura

Rifkin, Jeremy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0722529791 ISBN 13: 9780722529799

Casa editrice: Thorsons, 1994

Riassunto

How many hamburger lovers realize that a single boneless beefsteak requires more than 1,000 gallons of precious water to produce, that livestock now consume nearly one-third of the world's grain, or that cattle play a central role in species extinction? Taking us from ancient Sumer to the automated factory feedlots, Jeremy Rifkin interweaves anthropology, history, sociology, economics, health and ecology in an examination and indictment of the cattle culture that has come to shape the warp of our society. He depicts a world in which the poorer peoples have been starved to support the beef addiction of a handful of wealthy nations - an addiction that has resulted in millions of deaths from heart attacks, cancer and strokes. He also describes the grim ecological effects of the cattle culture: rain forests burned, fertile plains turned into desert, a climate threatened by global warming.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Thorsons
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0722529791
• ISBN 13: 9780722529799
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile