The Politics of Purity : Harvey Washington Wiley and the Origins of Federal Food Policy.
Title:
The Politics of Purity : Harvey Washington Wiley and the Origins of Federal Food Policy.
Author:
Coppin, Clayton Anderson.
ISBN:
9780472027255
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Theory of Economic Regulation -- 2. The Way We Are -- 3. Competition and Entrepreneurship in Bureaucracy: Harvey Wiley's Bureau of Chemistry, 1883-1903 -- 4. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1903-4 -- 5. The Struggle for Legislative Dominance, 1904-6 -- 6. Setting Food Standards by Government Regulation -- 7. The Whiskey Years -- 8. Sulphur and Benzoate of Soda -- 9. Corn Syrup and Coca-Cola -- 10. Administrative Dominance under President Taft -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Reveals how the Pure Food and Drugs Act was influenced by competition among government bureaus and commercial interests.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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