Pure adulteration cheating on nature in the age of manufactured food / Benjamin R. Cohen.
| Author/creator | Cohen, Benjamin R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2019] |
| Description | xv, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The appearance of being earnest -- The culture of adulteration -- Surfaces and interiors -- Household, grocer, and trust -- The geography of adulteration -- Margarine in a dairy world -- Oil without olives and lard without hogs -- Glucose in the empire of sugar -- The analysis of adulteration -- Analysis as border patrol -- Food and the government chemist -- Epilogue: the persistence of adulteration. |
| General note | "A number of maps included throughout this book refer readers to https://purefood.lafayette.edu/. The maps included here are static versions of a larger series of dynamic maps tracing changes in various features of the three main cases in this book between the 1870s and 1910s. Readers should refer to that site for further maps and images from the book." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019017188 |
| ISBN | 9780226377926 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |