The Bloodless Revolution (book)
| Author | Tristram Stuart |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 2006 HarperCollins W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | xxvi, 628, [24] plates |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-712892-1 |
| 613.2/6209 22 | |
| LC Class | 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.
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. Stuart explores the vegetarianism of Thomas Bushell, John Robins, Thomas Tryon, George Cheyne, Roger Crab, John Oswald and others.