{"product_id":"of-victorians-and-vegetarians-james-gregory-9781845113797","title":"Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteenth-century Britain was one of the birthplaces of modern vegetarianism in the West. In 'Of Victorians and Vegetarians' James Gregory explores the relationship between this newly organized movement and wider culture and society. It evolved with a myriad of meanings and voices: partly for propagandist reasons, but also because of the varied motivations and characteristcs of vegetarians. Teetotallers, animal lovers, mystics, spiritualists and theosophists, as well as those who saw the diet as an effective and democratic medical treatment, all provided the constituents for a movement whose critics associated it with radicalism and faddism. Frequently counter-cultural, in its association with socialism and communitarianism throughout the period, vegetarianism also expressed in heightened form the already well-established values of self-help, philanthropy, thrift, Puritanism, domesticity and a belief in progress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845113799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845113797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 5.82w x 1.20d","brand":"James Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088876777727,"sku":"9781845113797","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c54cb0a0-56a8-4423-9073-a4586cd03090.jpg?v=1769107034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-victorians-and-vegetarians-james-gregory-9781845113797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}