Beyond Beef: Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture - Tapa blanda

Rifkin, Jeremy

 
9780722529799: Beyond Beef: Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture
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ISBN 10: 0722529791 ISBN 13: 9780722529799
Editorial: Thorsons, 1994

Sinopsis

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.

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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.

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Editorial
Thorsons
Año de publicación
1994
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0722529791
ISBN 13 
9780722529799
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
368
Contacto del fabricante
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ISBN 10:  0452269520 ISBN 13:  9780452269521
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