| Illustrations | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Nutritional Importance of Foods of Animal Origin | p. 3 |
| General Short-age of Foods of Animal Origin through History, and the Craving for Flesh | p. 4 |
| Vegetarian Rejection of Flesh Foods | p. 6 |
| Rejection of Specific Foods of Animal Origin | p. 11 |
| Pork | p. 13 |
| Pork Avoidance in the Near East and the Mediterranean Area | p. 13 |
| Europe beyond Greece and Rome | p. 36 |
| Africa South of the Sahara | p. 40 |
| Iran and Inner Asia | p. 43 |
| East Asian Center of Pig Keeping | p. 46 |
| The Indian Subcontinent | p. 49 |
| Southeast Asia | p. 56 |
| The Pacific Area | p. 59 |
| Origin and Spread of Pork Avoidance | p. 64 |
| Curious Efforts to Gain Acceptability for Pork among Hindus, Moslems, and Jews | p. 101 |
| Beef | p. 103 |
| The Indian Center of Beef Avoidance | p. 103 |
| Southeast Asia | p. 119 |
| Tibet, Mongolia, and East Asia | p. 121 |
| The Near East and the Mediterranean Area | p. 125 |
| Africa South of the Sahara | p. 129 |
| Origin and Diffusion of the Avoidance of Beef | p. 135 |
| Chicken and Eggs | p. 144 |
| Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, India, Tibet, and Mongolia | p. 144 |
| China and East Asia | p. 152 |
| West of India | p. 153 |
| Origin of the Avoidances of Chicken and Eggs | p. 163 |
| Horseflesh | p. 168 |
| Iran, Inner Asia, and Their Borderlands | p. 169 |
| South, East, and Southeast Asia | p. 172 |
| The Near East and Africa | p. 177 |
| Europe | p. 180 |
| Origin of the Avoidance of Horseflesh | p. 193 |
| Camelflesh | p. 194 |
| The Near East and Neighboring Areas | p. 194 |
| Origin of the Avoidance of Camelflesh | p. 199 |
| Dogflesh | p. 200 |
| Domestication of the Dog, and Its Flesh as a Possible Motive | p. 200 |
| The Reaction of Westerners to the Killing and Eating of Dogs | p. 201 |
| Dog Eating in Various Regions of the Old World | p. 203 |
| Origins of Anti-Dogflesh Feelings | p. 250 |
| Fish | p. 253 |
| Background | p. 253 |
| Fish Avoidance in Africa | p. 255 |
| Southwest Asia and the Greeks and Romans | p. 265 |
| Iran, Turkestan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan | p. 279 |
| India | p. 281 |
| Buddhism and the Spread of Opposition to Fishing and Fish Eating | p. 287 |
| Conclusion | p. 295 |
| Conclusion | p. 297 |
| Do Avoidances of Flesh Foods Derive Primarily from Economic, Nutritional, and Health Considerations? | p. 297 |
| Strength of Feeling Associated with Flesh-Food Avoidances | p. 298 |
| Group Sanctions against Violation of Bans on Flesh Food | p. 300 |
| Ways in Which Bans on Flesh Food Are Observed | p. 301 |
| Inequalities in the Distribution of Flesh | p. 303 |
| Origin of Group Bans on Flesh Foods | p. 305 |
| Factors Involved in Changing Foodways, Including Those Relating to Flesh Food | p. 321 |
| Notes | p. 329 |
| References | p. 437 |
| Index | p. 517 |
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