| The Bloodless Revolution | |
| Author: | Tristram Stuart |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | 2006 HarperCollins W. W. Norton & Company |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | xxvi, 628, [24] plates |
| Isbn: | 978-0-00-712892-1 |
| Dewey: | 613.2/6209 22 |
| Congress: | TX392 .S86 2007 |
The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarianism and the Discovery of India is a 2006 non-fiction book by English author Tristram Stuart. It was published in the United States as The Bloodless Revolution: A Cultural History of Vegetarianism From 1600 to Modern Times.[1]
The book documents the history of vegetarianism in Europe over the last 400 years and argues that Western vegetarian diets were influenced by travellers' tales from India.[1] [2] [3] Stuart explores the vegetarianism of Thomas Bushell, John Robins, Thomas Tryon, George Cheyne, Roger Crab, John Oswald and others.[1] [2] [4]
Historian Chandak Sengoopta commented that "The Bloodless Revolution is a wonderful book, crammed with original research and written with verve, wit and passion. The most enthralling work of cultural history I have read in years, it brings out the political, ethical and environmental implications of our dietary choices without any preachiness."[3] Philosopher A. C. Grayling praised the historical research of the book.[5]
The book was positively reviewed by Publishers Weekly who suggested that "Stuart offers a masterful social and cultural history of a movement that changed the ways people think about the food they eat."[6] A review by Kirkus Reviews described it as "Culinary and cultural history intertwined: readable, and endlessly interesting."[7]