Title The vegetarian crusade : the rise of an American reform movement, 1817-1921 / Adam D. Shprintzen

Edition [First edition] Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 268 pages) Contents Proto-vegetarianism -- Transitional years -- The American Vegetarian Society -- Vegetarianism and its discontents -- Looks like meat, tastes like meat, smells like meat -- Would you like to be a successful vegetarian? -- Muscular vegetarianism Summary Vegetarianism has been practiced in the United States since the country's founding, yet the early years of the movement have been woefully misunderstood and understudied. Through the Civil War, the vegetarian movement focused on social and political reform, but by the late nineteenth century, the movement became a path for personal strength and success in a newly individualistic, consumption-driven economy. This development led to greater expansion and acceptance of vegetarianism in mainstream society. So argues the author in his lively history of early American vegetarianism and social reform. From Bible Christians to Grahamites, the American Vegetarian Society to the Battle Creek Sanitarium, the author explores the diverse proponents of reform-motivated vegetarianism and explains how each of these groups used diet as a response to changing social and political conditions. By examining the advocates of vegetarianism, including institutions, organizations, activists, and publications, this book explores how an idea grew into a nationwide community united not only by diet, but also by broader goals of social reform Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-263) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Vegetarianism -- United States -- History Vegetarians -- United States -- History Vegetarians -- United States -- Biography HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine. COOKING -- Vegetarian & Vegan. Vegetarianism Vegetarians Vegetarismus United States USA Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469612690 1469612690 9781469608921 1469608928

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