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Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. popular demand for meat . Even without the spur of food riots , the Soviet Union , for example , spends huge sums to import about 40 million tons of soybeans , maize , and wheat ... MEAT HUNGER 21.
Riddles of Food and Culture Marvin Harris. popular demand for meat . Even without the spur of food riots , the Soviet Union , for example , spends huge sums to import about 40 million tons of soybeans , maize , and wheat ... MEAT HUNGER 21.
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... meat than those at the bottom . In India , the highest - income groups consume over seven times more animal protein that the lowest . Many different kinds of cultures , from hunter - gatherer bands to industrial states ... MEAT HUNGER 25.
... meat than those at the bottom . In India , the highest - income groups consume over seven times more animal protein that the lowest . Many different kinds of cultures , from hunter - gatherer bands to industrial states ... MEAT HUNGER 25.
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... meat hunger , regulate the amount of starchy plantains ( a kind of banana ) they consume by the amount of meat available . They like to alternate bites of meat with bites of plantains - which are ... animal flesh , eggs , MEAT HUNGER 27 27.
... meat hunger , regulate the amount of starchy plantains ( a kind of banana ) they consume by the amount of meat available . They like to alternate bites of meat with bites of plantains - which are ... animal flesh , eggs , MEAT HUNGER 27 27.
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
Copyright | |
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