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... Europe abstained entirely from eating horsemeat . The situation was probably not unlike that which prevails in India ... Europe's poorer agricultural classes must also have indulged in a certain amount of clandestine slaughtering and ...
... Europe abstained entirely from eating horsemeat . The situation was probably not unlike that which prevails in India ... Europe's poorer agricultural classes must also have indulged in a certain amount of clandestine slaughtering and ...
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... Europe . Most of the animal biomass in Amazonia , for example , consists of insects and earth- worms . Compared with the tropics , Europe - like all temperate regions - has far fewer species of insects , an absence of giant forms , and ...
... Europe . Most of the animal biomass in Amazonia , for example , consists of insects and earth- worms . Compared with the tropics , Europe - like all temperate regions - has far fewer species of insects , an absence of giant forms , and ...
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Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. Europe ( continued ) southern , 86 , 94 see also Western Europe European hunting dogs , 187-89 Europeans , 132 , 146–47 , 151 , 214 and beef , 109 and insects , 154 , 156 , 160 , 164 , 169 , 171 ...
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. Europe ( continued ) southern , 86 , 94 see also Western Europe European hunting dogs , 187-89 Europeans , 132 , 146–47 , 151 , 214 and beef , 109 and insects , 154 , 156 , 160 , 164 , 169 , 171 ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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