Pure Food
written by James Harvey Young, 1915-2006 (1989) (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989, originally published 1989), 336 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- 'Pure food' became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movement in the context of changing technology and medical theory and describes pioneering laws to control imported drugs and domestic oleomargarine. He explains controversy within the pure food coalition, showing how farming and business groups sought competitive commercial advantage, while consumer advocates wished to promote commercial integrity and advance public health. The author focuses on how the public became increasingly fearful of hazards in adulterated foods and narcotic nostrums and how Congress finally achieved the compromises necessary to pass the Food and Drugs Act and the meat inspection law of 1906
- Field of Interest
- Food Studies Online
- Author
- James Harvey Young, 1915-2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 1989 by Princeton University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 1989
- Page Count
- 336
- Publication Year
- 1989
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Princeton, NJ
- Subject
- Food Studies Online, Social Sciences, Food Movements, Food History, Food Policy, Regulatory commissions, Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Food safety, Laws and legislation, Safety inspections, Public health awareness, Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906, Movimientos, Movimentos, Historia de la Alimentación, História da Alimentação, Lebensmittelpolitik, Políticas de Alimentação, Políticas de Alimentación, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Movimientos, Movimentos, Historia de la Alimentación, História da Alimentação, Lebensmittelpolitik, Políticas de Alimentação, Políticas de Alimentación, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos
