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We experience violence all our lives, from that very first scream of birth. It has been industrialized and domesticated. Our culture has not become accustomed to all violence, to be sure; but enough violence, nonetheless: more than enough, perhaps. Geographies of Violence is a critical human geography of the history of violence, from Ancient Rome and Enlightened wars through to natural disasters, animal slaughter, and genocide. Written incredible insight and flair, this is a thought-provoking text for human geography students and researchers alike.
The Animal Slaughter Industry Perfect Cities of Blood – Paris and Chicago
The Animal Slaughter Industry Perfect Cities of Blood – Paris and Chicago
A stone’s throw from the stock exchange the air is filled with the aroma of roasting coffee; a few hundred feet from Times Square with the stench of the slaughterhouses.
Enlightened killing did not only revolutionize capital punishment, it also revolutionized the broader mass killing of animals and humans. This chapter will be devoted to the enlightened killing of animals, particularly in Paris and Chicago, and then I will turn to the enlightened killing of people in subsequent chapters. My argument takes off from a ...
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