Animal Oppression and Human Violence · Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict by Nibert, David A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Series Page Title Copyright Epigraph Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Nomadic Pastoralism, Ranching, and Violence

The Rise of Nomadic Pastoralism Military Use of Domesecrated Animals in Agrarian Society Domesecration and Mongol Violence Violence and Hunger in the Middle Ages Violence and Warfare in the Pre-Columbian Americas

2. Domesecration and the Americas

Animal Oppression and the Invasion of the Americas Expansion of Commercially Driven Ranching Ranching Violence and Destruction in Brazil Domesecration, Human Oppression, and the Rise of Capitalism The Spanish Invasion of the Philippines

3. Ranching and Violence in North America

Crop Damage, Conflict, and Warfare Commercial Ranching and Violence Ranching Expansion and Indigenous Displacement Reign of the “Cattle” Kings

4. Domesecration in the Western Plains

Expropriation of Western Lands The Bloody Western Bonanza Growing Levels of Animal Oppression Ranching in Canada

5. Capitalist Colonialism and Ranching Violence

British Invasion of Australia and New Zealand Rancher Dominance in Latin America Domesecration in Africa and the European Invasion

6. Social Construction of the “Hamburger” Culture

Corporate Engineering of Public Consciousness Federal Policy and “Meat” Production The Rise of Fast Food The “Hamburger” Culture and Entangled Violence

7. The “Hamburger” Culture and Latin America

Hunger and Environmental Degradation Repression and Poverty “Low-Intensity” Terrorism Domesecration and the Devalued Global Ranching and Oppression in Oceania and Africa

8. Domesecration and Impending Catastrophe

Contemporary Ranching and the Oppressed Growing Global Consumption of Domesecrated Animal Products CAFO Explosion Misuse of Finite Resources Looming Regional and International Conflict The Potential Global Influenza Pandemic The Growing Pandemic of Chronic Diseases

9. New Welfarism, Veganism, and Capitalism

Veganism as a Global Imperative Transcending the Capitalist System

Notes Index