Sacred Bovines

Author : Douglas Allchin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190490365
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Bovines written by Douglas Allchin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of short essays, each challenging a commonplace assumption about biology - playfully dubbed ""Sacred Bovines.""

Author : Diana Rodgers
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1950665119
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cow written by Diana Rodgers and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're told that if we care about our health—or our planet—eliminating red meat from our diets is crucial. That beef is bad for us and cattle farming is horrible for the environment. But science says otherwise. Beef is framed as the most environmentally destructive and least healthy of meats. We're often told that the only solution is to reduce or quit red meat entirely. But despite what anti-meat groups, vegan celebrities, and some health experts say, plant-based agriculture is far from a perfect solution. In Sacred Cow, registered dietitian Diana Rodgers and former research biochemist and New York Times bestselling author Robb Wolf explore the quandaries we face in raising and eating animals—focusing on the largest (and most maligned) of farmed animals, the cow. Taking a critical look at the assumptions and misinformation about meat, Sacred Cow points out the flaws in our current food system and in the proposed "solutions." Inside, Rodgers and Wolf reveal contrarian but science-based findings, such as: • Meat and animal fat are essential for our bodies. • A sustainable food system cannot exist without animals. • A vegan diet may destroy more life than sustainable cattle farming. • Regenerative cattle ranching is one of our best tools at mitigating climate change. You'll also find practical guidance on how to support sustainable farms and a 30-day challenge to help you transition to a healthful and conscientious diet. With scientific rigor, deep compassion, and wit, Rodgers and Wolf argue unequivocally that meat (done right) should have a place on the table. It's not the cow, it's the how!

Author : Danielle Teller
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626813590
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cows written by Danielle Teller and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A husband-and-wife doctor team offers fresh and startling perspective on one of our most cherished and misunderstood institutions. Drs. Astro and Danielle Teller know better than most that finding the right partner in life doesn’t always happen the first time around. Through their own divorces they learned how widely held cultural assumptions and misinformation that nobody thinks to question—what they refer to as “sacred cows”—create unnecessary heartache for people who are already suffering through a terrible time. Do you think, for example, that the divorce rate in the United States is rising? Or that children are harmed by divorce? Most people do, but it turns out that neither of these notions is supported by the data. Combining the rigor that has established them as leaders in their respective fields along with a dose of good-natured humor, the Tellers ask readers to take a fresh look at seven common sacred cows: the Holy Cow, the Expert Cow, the Selfish Cow, the Defective Cow, the Innocent Victim Cow, the One True Cow, and the Other Cow. This is not a book that is “for” marriage or “for” divorce, but “for” the freedom to decide how to live most honestly and happily either as part of a couple or a single person.

Author : Donald K. Sharpes
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820479026
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Bull, Holy Cow written by Donald K. Sharpes and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original Scholarly Monograph

Author : Douglas Allchin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190490381
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Bovines written by Douglas Allchin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some assumptions about biology are so deeply rooted in our thinking that they seem beyond question. These concepts - expressed in playful jargon - are our sacred bovines. With a light-hearted spirit, Douglas Allchin sets out to challenge many of these common beliefs about science and life. Allchin draws on fascinating insights from science to illustrate the ironies in many widespread beliefs. Be prepared to challenge the notion that male and female are fixed natural categories. Or that evolution implies cutthroat competition in human society. Or that we struggle against a fundamental immoral nature. Or that genes establish our identity. Or that science progresses through rare leaps of genius. Or that politics and emotions inevitably taint good science. Sacred Bovines revels in revelations about the nature of science. Reflecting on the many errors in commonly accepted, everyday ideas also fosters creative thinking. How do we challenge assumptions? How do we "think outside the box"? The many examples here provide inspiration and guidance, further elaborated in a retrospective epilogue. An additional "Afterword for Teachers" highlights how the essays can foster learning about the nature of science and describes some practical classroom strategies.

Author : D. N. Jha
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178960933X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Holy Cow written by D. N. Jha and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author's life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to the prevailing attitudes about beef that have been fiercely supported by the current Hindu right-wing government and the fundamentalist groups backing it.

Author : Karen E. Olson
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780446616850
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cows written by Karen E. Olson and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the murder of a Yale student who worked evenings as a high-priced escort, police reporter Annie Seymour finds her investigation into the murder compromised by her stonewalling cop boyfriend, an incompetent cub reporter, and a far-reaching network of corruption. A first novel. Reprint.

Author : Denzel Ferguson
Publisher : Maverick Publications (OR)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cows at the Public Trough written by Denzel Ferguson and published by Maverick Publications (OR). This book was released on 1983 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Staples
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295747897
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian written by James Staples and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bovine politics exposes fault lines within contemporary Indian society, where eating beef is simultaneously a violation of sacred taboos, an expression of marginalized identities, and a route to cosmopolitan sophistication. The recent rise of Hindu nationalism has further polarized traditional views: Dalits, Muslims, and Christians protest threats to their beef-eating heritage while Hindu fundamentalists rally against those who eat the sacred cow. Yet close observation of what people do and do not eat, the styles and contexts within which they do so, and the disparities between rhetoric and everyday action overturns this simplistic binary opposition. Understanding how a food can be implicated in riots, vigilante attacks, and even murders demands that we look beyond immediate politics to wider contexts. Drawing on decades of ethnographic research in South India, James Staples charts how cattle owners, brokers, butchers, cooks, and occasional beef eaters navigate the contemporary political and cultural climate. Sacred Cows and Chicken Manchurian offers a fine-grained exploration of the current situation, locating it within the wider anthropology of food and eating in the region and revealing critical aspects of what it is to be Indian in the early twenty-first century.

Author : C. Ray Greek
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Cows and Golden Geese written by C. Ray Greek and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greeks have written the first book to expose how the medical industry's reliance on animal experimentation is harmful to human health. The couple claims the public has been deliberately misled by interest groups that have a vested interest in perpetuating the myth that humans benefit from animal research.