Summary
Meet three different families with three different lifestyles.
The Hillard-Nierstheimer family exemplifies the standard meat-and-potatoes diet: they shop at the local supermarket, occasionally eat fast food, and enjoy their meat, Coke and beer. The Masarech-Motavalli family is concerned about its health and generally buys fresh, locally grown vegetables. They call themselves ‘caring carnivores’—they’ll only eat meat from animals raised to humane standards. The Farb family is vegan: no…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781921145872 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1921145870 |
| Author: | Jim Mason, Peter Singer |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
About The Author
Jim Mason
Peter Singer is Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He went to Princeton in 1999 after spending most of his life in Australia. Author or editor of over 25 books on ethics, Singer is best known for Animal Liberation, widely credited with starting the animal rights movement. The New Yorker has said: ‘Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influential.’
Jim Mason grew up on a farm in Missouri—the fifth generation in a family of farmers. He is an author, lecturer, journalist, environmentalist and lawyer who specialises in human/animal concerns. He is best known for his book Animal Factories, also written with Peter Singer.
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